Johann Christian Gottlieb Ernesti

Johann Christian Gottlieb Ernesti (1756 in Arnstadt, Thuringia June 5, 1802 in Kahnsdorf, near Leipzig), was German classical scholar.

From 1774 to 1777 he studied philosophy, philology and theology at the University of Leipzig, where he was a student of his uncle, Johann August Ernesti. In 1782, he was made an associate professor of philosophy at Leipzig; and following the death of his cousin August Wilhelm Ernesti in 1801, was professor of rhetoric for five months.[1] At the university he gave lectures on exegesis of the New Testament and on Greek and Roman writers.[2]

His principal works are :

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

  1. 1 2 Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig (biographical sketch)
  2. ADB:Ernesti, Johann Christian Gottlieb In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, S. 242 f.
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