Johann Martin Abele was a German

Germany

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 publisher.

Abele was born in Darmstadt

Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...

. He acquired his doctorate in law from the university of Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

 and began to hold lectures there. In 1779 he was offered the position of town syndic

Syndic

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 in Kempten

Kempten

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. He held different positions in civil service until the incorporation of the town to Bavarian Palatinate in 1802. In 1791, he was awarded nobility by the Emperor and in 1798 he became Council of the Court in Öttingen-Wallerstein

Öttingen-Wallerstein

Oettingen-Wallerstein is a noble family related to a former County in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.Oettingen-Wallerstein was twice created; first as a partition of Oettingen in 1423 which became extinct in 1517 and was inherited by Oettingen-Oettingen, and the...

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Abele owned a printing office and bookshop in Kempten and published various releases both from others and himself, as well as a journal Neueste Weltbegebenheiten, von einem Weltbürger (Worlds newest events, from a cosmopolitan).

In 1802, Abele entered the service of the new government and died at Ulm

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

 as section director of the Country Directorate and the first secular councillor of the Consistorium.

Publications

• Neueste Weltbegebenheiten, von einem Weltbürger, journal
• Historisch-statistisches Magazin, vornehmlich von Oberdeutschland, 2 booklets, 1785, 1786
• Sammlung der merkwürdigsten Staatsschriften über Ländertausch und Fürstenverein, 2 booklets, 1785, 1786
• Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
  Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
  Guillaume Thomas Raynal was a French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment.He was born at Lapanouse in Rouergue...
  
  : Geschichte der Besitzungen und Handlungen der Europäer in beiden Indien, 11 volumes, 1784–1788, partially by Abele
• William Robertson
  William Robertson (historian)
  William Robertson FRSE FSA was a Scottish historian, minister of religion, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh...
  
  : Geschichte der Regierung Kaiser Karl V., 3 volumes, reprint of the translation by Mittelstedt, 1778–79
• Vom Verhältnis der Magistrate und der Bürgerschaft in den Reichsstädten, 1780
• Versuch über das teutsche Staatsrecht während eines Zwischenreichs, 1792