From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Caspar Abel
Caspar Abel
Caspar Abel (14 July 1676 – 11 January 1763) was a Ger- • Abbildung eines rechtschaffenen Predigers, 1710
man theologian, historian and poet.
Abel was born in Hindenburg in der Altmark , the • translations:
son of a preacher, and gained his theological education • Ovid’s Heroids, 1704, 1723
in Braunschweig and Helmstedt. In 1696 he became rec- • Boileau’s satires, 1729-32, 2 volumes
tor in Osterburg, in 1698 at the Johannisschule in Halber-
stadt. In 1718 he became preacher in Westdorf near Asch- Sources
ersleben where he died in 1763.
Note: From 1748 to 1764 he was assisted by Johann • Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version at
Gottfried Bürger, the father of poet Gottfried August Wikisource
Bürger.
See also
Publications • Friedrich Gottfried Abel, his son
• historical works: Persondata
• Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und Name Abel, Caspar
Staatshistorie, 1710, 2 volumes, 8°
Alternative names
• Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und
Staatsgeographie, 1711, 2 volumes, 8°, additions Short description Theologian, historian, poet
in 1747. Date of birth 14 July 1676
• Deutsche und Sächsische Altertümer, 1729-32, 3 Place of birth
volumes, 8°
Date of death 11 January 1763
• Stift-, Stadt- und Landchronica des Fürstenthums
Halberstadt, 1745, 4° Place of death
• poems:
• Jubelfest des Brandenburgischen Unterthanen, 1700
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