KASPAR VON See also:

• BARTH
• BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865)
• KASPAR VON BARTH (1587-1658)

BARTH (1587-1658)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kiistrin in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg on the 21st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1587 . He was an extremely precocious See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, and was looked upon as a marvel of learning . After studying at See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha, See also:

• EISENACH

Eisenach, See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg and See also:

• JENA

Jena, he travelled extensively, visiting most of the countries of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . `Too See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent to accept any See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• POST

post, he lived alternately at See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle and on his See also:

• PROPERTY

property at Sellerhausen near See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig . In 1636, his library and See also:

• MSS

MSS. at Sellerhausen having been destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, he removed to the Paulinum at Leipzig, where he died on the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1658 . See also:

• BARTH
• BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865)
• BARTH, KASPAR VON (1587-1658)

Barth was a very voluminous writer; his See also:

• WORKS

works, which were the fruits of extensive See also:

• READING

reading and a retentive memory, are unmethodical and uncritical and marred by want of See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste and of clearness . He appears to have been excessively vain and of an unamiable disposition . Of his writings the most important are; Adversaria (1624), a storehouse of. See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous learning, dealing not only with classical but also with See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval and See also:

• MODERN

modern writers; and commentaries on Claudian (1612, 1650) and See also:

• STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS (c. A.D. 45-96)

Statius (1664) .