Johann Gottfried Arndt

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Johann Gottfried Arndt (born January 12, 1713 in Halle , † September 1, 1767 in Riga ) was a Livonian historian .

Life

Johann Gottfried Arndt grew up in the orphanage of his hometown and completed his school days there. He later studied at the University of Halle . He then went to Livonia as a tutor in 1738 .

In 1740 Arndt was appointed rector of the school in Arensburg on Ösel . With his appointment as Vice Rector of the Imperial Lyceum in Riga in 1747, Arndt began his writing activities. He published, among other things, essays for the scholarly contributions to the Riga advertisements .

reception

Arndt's Livonian Chronicle , parts of which were published in Halle, were important. As part 1, Livonia appeared under its first bishops in 1747 and part 2 dealt with Livonia under its masters in 1753 . Furthermore, the list of castles compiled by Arndt and published in 1753 contributes to the exploration of castles in Latvia.

Works

  • Heinrich von Lettland, Johann Gottfried Arndt (Hrsg.): The Liefländischen Chronik. First part. From Liefland under its first bishops, who explains the ancient history of the Russians, Germans, Swedes, Danes, Esthens, Livs, Latvians, Litthauer, Curen and Semgallians. Or the Origines Livoniae sacrae et civilis, like those of the royal. Councilor and librarian Mr. Johann Daniel Gruber edited from an old manuscript in Latin and provided with learned notes, but now supplemented from other manuscripts, accompanied by the necessary indication of the various readings as well as with short notes and translated into German by Johann Gottfried Arndt, the school zu Arensburg on Oesel Rector , Halle im Magdeburg, printed by Joh. Justinius Gebauer, 1747, dedicated to Tsarina Elisabeth the Great ; online via Google books , digital copies and full text in the German text archive
  • Heinrich von Lettland, Johann Gottfried Arndt (Hrsg.): Der Liefländische Chronik Andrer Theil: Von Liefland under his master masters, which explains the ancient history of the order and the neighboring peoples: Sool with the inclusion of the printed and unprinted writers as an unbelievably rich one Amount of old documents in the original, certified copies and other copies carried together [...] (translated and edited by Johann Gottfried Arndt) Gebauer, Halle 1753 Digitized and full text in the German Text Archive

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personal data
SURNAME Arndt, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1767
Place of death Riga