Caspar Abel (14 July 1676 – 11 January 1763) was a German

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

and

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. Abel was born in

Hindenburg in der Altmark Hindenburg is a village and a former municipality in the Stendal (district), district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Hohenberg-Krusemark. The village is known as ''Hindenburg'' since th ...

, the son of a pastor, and gained his theological education in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

and

Helmstedt Helmstedt (; Eastphalian: ''Helmstidde'') is a town on the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. The historic university and Hanseatic city conserves an important monumental heritage of ...

. In 1696 he became rector in Osterburg, in 1698 at the ''Johannisschule'' in

Halberstadt Halberstadt ( Eastphalian: ''Halverstidde'') is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district. Located north of the Harz mountain range, it is known for its old town center that was greatly destroyed by Allied bombi ...

. In 1718 he became pastor in

Westdorf Westdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the town Aschersleben Aschersleben () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt ...

near

Aschersleben Aschersleben () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km east of Quedlinburg, and 45 km northwest of Halle (Saale). Geography Aschersleben lies near the confluence of the r ...

where he died in 1763. His son Joachim Gottwalt Abel (1723–1806) also became a pastor. Note: From 1748 to 1764 he was assisted by Johann Gottfried Bürger, the father of poet

Gottfried August Bürger Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, '' Lenore'', found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English and Russian ada ...

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* historical works: ** ''Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und Staatshistorie'', 1710, 2 volumes, 8° ** ''Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und Staatsgeographie'', 1711, 2 volumes, 8°, additions in 1747. ** ''Deutsche und Sächsische Altertümer'', 1729–32, 3 volumes, 8° ** ''Stift-, Stadt- und Landchronica des Fürstenthums Halberstadt'', 1745, 4° * poems: ** ''Jubelfest des Brandenburgischen Unterthanen'', 1700 ** ''Abbildung eines rechtschaffenen Predigers'', 1710 * translations: **

Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

's ''Heroids'', 1704, 1723 ** Boileau's satires, 1729–32, 2 volumes

Sources

* ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' - online version at

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