Christoph Helvig
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Christoph Helvig was a German chronologist and historian, theologian and linguist.
Helvig was born at Sprendlingen
. In chronology he generally was a follower of Joseph Scaliger. He is mentioned by Sir Thomas Browne, and John Locke
.
He remained an authority cited well into the eighteenth century; Samuel Johnson
's General Plan of Education described a course in this way:
His Theatrum historicum et chronologicum was published in 1609.
The Compendiosa Institutio Linguæ Ebraicae was a Hebrew grammar. He became professor of Greek and Oriental languages and of theology at the University of Giessen
.
Helvig was born at Sprendlingen
Dreieich
Dreieich is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies roughly 10 km south of Frankfurt am Main and with more than 40,000 inhabitants is the district’s second biggest town.- Location :...
. In chronology he generally was a follower of Joseph Scaliger. He is mentioned by Sir Thomas Browne, and John Locke
John Locke
John Locke FRS , widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social...
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He remained an authority cited well into the eighteenth century; Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson , often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer...
's General Plan of Education described a course in this way:
The technical part of chronology, or the art of computing and adjusting time, as it is very difficult, so it is not of absolute necessity, but should, however, be taught, so far as it can be learned without the loss of those hours which are required for attainments of nearer concern. The student may join with this treatise Le Clerc's Compendium of History; and afterwards may, for the historical part of chronology, procure Helvicus's and Isaacson's Tables; and, if he is desirous of attaining the technical part, may first peruse HolderWilliam HolderWilliam Holder FRS was an English clergyman and music theorist of the 17th century. His most notable work was his widely known 1694 publication A Treatise on the Natural Grounds and Principles of Harmony.-Life:...
's Account of Time, Hearne's Ductor Historicus, Strauchius, the first part of Petavius's Rationarium Temporum; and, at length, Scaliger de Emendatiene Temporum. And, for instruction in the method of his historical studies, he may consult Hearne's Ductor Historicus, WheareDegory WheareDegory Wheare, also spelt Digory Whear was an historian, the first Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford.-Life:...
's Lectures, RawlinsonRichard RawlinsonRichard Rawlinson FRS was an English clergyman and antiquarian collector of books and manuscripts, which he bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford.-Life:...
's Directions for the Study of History; and, for ecclesiastical history, Cave and Dupin, Baronius and Fleury.
His Theatrum historicum et chronologicum was published in 1609.
The Compendiosa Institutio Linguæ Ebraicae was a Hebrew grammar. He became professor of Greek and Oriental languages and of theology at the University of Giessen
University of Giessen
The University of Giessen is officially called the Justus Liebig University Giessen after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser.-History:The University of Gießen is among the oldest institutions of...
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