Paul Daniel Longolius
Encyclopedia
Paul Daniel Longolius was the main editor of volumes 3 through 18 of Johann Heinrich Zedler
's Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon
(an early encyclopedia
) from 1733 to 1739, replacing Jacob August Franckenstein
, who had edited the first two volumes. His successor was Carl Günther Ludovici
.
He was born in Dresden
and died in Hof
.
Johann Heinrich Zedler
Johann Heinrich Zedler was a bookseller and publisher. His most important achievement was the creation of a German encyclopedia, the Grosses Universal-Lexicon ,...
's Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon
Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon
The Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste is a 68-volume German encyclopedia published by Johann Heinrich Zedler between 1731 and 1754...
(an early encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
) from 1733 to 1739, replacing Jacob August Franckenstein
Jacob August Franckenstein
Jacob August Franckenstein was the main editor of the first two volumes of Johann Heinrich Zedler's Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon , the most important encyclopedia published in Germany in the 18th century.Franckenstein was born in Leipzig on 27 December 1689, the son of the lawyer and...
, who had edited the first two volumes. His successor was Carl Günther Ludovici
Carl Günther Ludovici
Carl Günther Ludovici was a German philosopher, lexicographer and economist.He edited a large part of the Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon, a major German encyclopedia of the 18th century.-Life:Ludovici was born on 7 August 1707 in Liepzig, son of Christian Ludovici , professor of...
.
He was born in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
and died in Hof
Hof, Germany
Hof is a city located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconia region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge and Frankenwald upland regions....
.