Ersch, Johann Samuel (17661828)

Ersch, Johann Samuel, a bibliographer, born at Grossglogau; after a college career at Halle devoted himself to journalism, and in 1800 became librarian of the University of Jena; subsequently filled the chair of Geography and Statistics at Halle; his “Handbook of German Literature” marks the beginning of German bibliography; began in 1818, along with Gruber, the publication of an encyclopædia which is still unfinished (17661828).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Erpenius * Erskine, Ebenezer
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Erlangen
Erlau
Erl-King
Erminia
Ernesti, Johann August
Ernst, Elector of Saxony
Ernst I.
Eros
Erostratus
Erpenius
Ersch, Johann Samuel
Erskine, Ebenezer
Erskine, Henry
Erskine, John
Erskine, John, D.D.
Erskine, John, of Dun
Erskine, Ralph
Erskine, Thomas, Lord
Erskine, Thomas, of Linlathen
Erwin
Erymanthus