JOHANN See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• JOHANN JOSEPH HOFFMANN (1805-1878)

HOFFMANN (1805-1878)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WURZBURG

Wurzburg on the 16th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 18o5 . After studying at Wurzburg he went on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in 1825; but owing to an accidental See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting with the German traveller, Dr Philipp See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz von See also:

• SIEBOLD, CARL THEODOR ERNST VON (1804–1885)
• SIEBOLD, PHILIPP FRANZ VON (1796-1866)

Siebold (1796-1866), in See also:

• JULY

July 183o, his See also:

• INTEREST

interest was diverted to See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology . From Siebold he acquired the rudiments of See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese, and 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 See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of the instructions of Ko-ching-chang, a See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese teacher whom Siebold had brought See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home with him, he made himself acquainted with See also:

• MALAY

Malay, the only See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language except Chinese which the Chinaman could understand . In a few years he was able to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations for Siebold's Nippon; and the high See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his See also:

• WORK

work soon attracted the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of older scholars . Stanislas See also:

• JULIEN, STANISLAS (1797?-1873)

Julien invited him to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris; and he would probably have accepted the invitation, as a disagreement had broken out between him and Siebold, had not M . Baud, the Dutch colonial See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, appointed him Japanese translator with a See also:

• SALARY

salary of 1800 florins (£150) . The Dutch authorities were slow in giving him further recognition; and he was too modest a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man successfully to urge his claims . It was not till after he had received the offer of the professorship of Chinese in 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's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, that the authorities made him See also:

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

professor at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden and the king allowed him a yearly See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension . In 1875 he was decorated with the order of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

Lion, and in 1877 he was elected corresponding member of the See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . He died at the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague on the 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1878 . See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief work was his unfinished Japanese See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, begun in 1839 and afterwards continued by L . Serrurier .

Unable at first to procure the necessary type, he set himself to the cutting of punches, and even when the proper founts were obtained he had to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as his own compositor as far as Chinese and Japanese were concerned . His Japanese See also:

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

grammar (Japanische Sprechlehre) was published in Dutch and See also:

• ENGLISH

English in 1867, and in English and German in 1876 . Of his See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous productions it is enough to mention " Japans Bezuge mit der koraischen Halbinsel and mit Schina " in Nippon, vii.; Yo-See also:

• SAN

San fa-Rok, L'See also:

• ART

Art d'elever See also:

• LES

les versa soieau Japon, See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par Ouckaki Mourikouni (Paris, 1848) ; " See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Heilkunde in See also:

• JAPAN

Japan" in Mittheil. d. See also:

• DEUTSCH, IMMANUEL OSCAR MENAHEM (1829-1873)

deutsch . Gesellsch. far Natur- and Volkerk . Ost-Asiens (1873–1874); and Japanische Studien (1878) .