See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

CHRISTIAN See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

DANIEL See also:

• BECK (or BEEK), DAVID (1621—1656)
• CHRISTIAN DANIEL BECK (1757-1832)
• BECK, JAKOB SIGISMUND (1761-1840)

BECK (1757-1832)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German philologist, historian, theologian and antiquarian, one of the most learned men of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig on the 22nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1757 . He studied at Leipzig University, where he was appointed (1785) See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin literature . This See also:

• POST

post he resigned in 1819 in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to take up the professorship of See also:

• HISTORY

history, but resumed it in 1825 . He also had the management of the university library, was director of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute for the See also:

• DEAF

deaf and dumb, and filled many educational and municipal offices . In 1784 he founded a philological society, which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew into a philological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, superintended by him until his See also:

• DEATH

death . In 1808 he was made a Hofrath by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, and in 182o a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of the See also:

• CIVIL

civil order of merit . His philological lectures, in which See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism were subordinated to history, were largely attended by hearers from all parts of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . He died at Leipzig on the 13th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1832 . He edited a number of classical authors: Pedo Albinovanus (1783), See also:

• PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar and the Scholia (1792–1795), See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes (with others, 1794, &c.), See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector-See also:

• ATE

ate . See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides (1778—1788), See also:

• APOLLONIUS

Apollonius Rhodius (1797), See also:

• DEMOSTHENES

Demosthenes De See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

pace (1799), See also:

• PLATO

Plato (1813—1819), See also:

• CICERO

Cicero (1795—1807), See also:

• TITUS
• TITUS, FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS
• TITUS, THE EPISTLE TO

Titus See also:

• CALPURNIUS, TITUS

Calpurnius Siculus (1803) . He translated See also:

• FERGUSON, ADAM (1723-1816)
• FERGUSON, JAMES (1710-1776)
• FERGUSON, ROBERT (c. 1637-1714)
• FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (1810-1886)

Ferguson's Fall of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic and See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

Goldsmith's History of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, and added two volumes to See also:

• BAUER, BRUNO (1809-1882)

Bauer's See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides . He also wrote on theological and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical subjects, and edited philological and See also:

• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

bibliographical See also:

• JOURNALS

journals .

He possessed a large and valuable library of 24,000 volumes . See Nobbe, Vita C . D . Beckii (1837); and G . See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann, Opuscula, V . 312 .