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Johann David Köhler
Johann David Köhler (18 January 1684 – 10 March 1755) was a German historian. His academic focuses were on Roman coins as historical artifacts, ancient weapons, and genealogy. Köhler also served as university librarian at Altdorf and contributed to the early library science literature. Life Köhler was born in Colditz in the Electorate of Saxony and studied at the University of Wittenberg. He was a professor of logic and history at universities in University of Altdorf, Altdorf and later University of Göttingen, Göttingen and served briefly as university librarian at Altdorf. He died in Göttingen. Influence Köhler came into scholarly prominence in a transitional period for European scholarship. From the Middle Ages and into the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment, European scholars were part of a "common culture of scholarship", a ''respublica litteraria'' (Eskildsen 2005: 421). That common culture of scholarship was subjected to a series of nationalistic and reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann David Koehler
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its English language equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a surname. People People with the name Johann include: Mononym * Johann, Count of Cleves (died 1368), nobleman of the Holy Roman Empire * Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1662–1698), German nobleman *Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1578–1638), German nobleman A–K * Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804), German composer * Johann Adam Reincken (1643–1722), Dutch/German organist * Johann Adam Remele (died 1740), German court painter * Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649–1697) * Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783), German Composer * Johann Altfuldisch (1911—1947), German Nazi SS concentration camp officer execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |