Johann Elias Greifenhahn

Johann Elias Greifenhahn , also Johann Elias Greiffenhahn (* 1687 in Salzungen , † August 4, 1749 in Jena ) was a German university professor .

Life

Johann Elias Greifenhahn was the son of a shoemaker .

He attended school in Coburg and showed a great talent for the new languages.

In 1710 he began studying philosophy at the University of Jena ; there he received his master's degree in 1716 and then gave language lessons in Italian , French and English at the university . Among his students was the theologian Johann Rudolph Anton Piderit .

He published three grammars for the languages he taught that his students could use to help them learn the language. The grammars were so successful that they were published several times in the following years. His English grammar was one of the most widely used textbooks for teaching English.

Fonts (selection)

Well-established Italian grammar literatorum . Jena, 1714.
Ernst Salomon Cyprian ; Johann Elias Greiffenhahn: De Propagatione Haeresivm Per Cantilenas . Jena 1715.
Well established French grammatical literatorum . Jena, 1716.
Well established English grammar literatorum . Jena, 1723.

Literature (selection)

Johann Elias Greifenhahn . In: Historical-literary handbook of famous and memorable people who died in the 18th century , Volume 2. Leipzig 1795. S. 161 f.
Johann Elias Greifenhahn . In: Continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jocher's general learned lexico , 2nd volume. Leipzig 1787. p. 1603.
Johann Elias Greifenhahn . In: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Gregorius - Grezin. Leipzig 1871. p. 88.

Web links

Johann Elias Greifenhahn . In: Digital portrait index .

Individual evidence

^ Johann C. Spangenberg: Handbook of the scholars who have passed away in Jena for 500 years . S. 139, 1819 ( google.de [accessed on September 16, 2019]).
↑ Jennifer Willenberg: Distribution and translation of English literature in Germany in the 18th century . S. 84. Walter de Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-44106-6 ( google.de [accessed on September 16, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Griffon cock, Johann Elias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Greiffenhahn, Johann Elias; Greiffenhahn, Io. Elijah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1687
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salting
DATE OF DEATH	August 4, 1749
Place of death	Jena

[1] Johann C. Spangenberg: Handbook of the scholars who have passed away in Jena for 500 years . S. 139, 1819 ( google.de [accessed on September 16, 2019]).

[2] Jennifer Willenberg: Distribution and translation of English literature in Germany in the 18th century . S. 84. Walter de Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-44106-6 ( google.de [accessed on September 16, 2019]).