, a native of the marche of Brandenburg, where he was born in 1648,
, a native of the marche of Brandenburg, where he was born in 1648, was one of the
most laborious compilers of his time. He taught philosophy at Giessen, was minister near Zell, schoolmaster in
Hungary, corrector of the press at Rotterdam and Leyden,
and finally master of a boarding-school, and private tutor
in the last mentioned city, where he died March 29, 1728,
aged 80. Amidst all his employments he found time to publish a great number of collections: “Fasciculi Dissertatiomun et Dissertationes Philologicae,
” 2 vols. 12mo; “Commentationes in varios Autores,
” 3 vols. 12mo; “Musseum
Philologicum,
” 2 vols. 12fno; “Thesaurus Librorum Philologicorum,
” 2 vols. 8vo; “De Furibus Librariis,
” Leyden, 1705, 12mo. The most valued among his works are 3
vols. in 4to, the first entitled, “Consilia et Methodi Studiorum optime instituendorum,
” Rotterdam, De Philologia,
” &c. Leyden, DeEruditione comparanda,
” Leyden,