David Caspari (5 March 1648 – 28 February 1702) was a German

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. He was the father of Georg Caspari. Born in

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Duchy of Prussia The Duchy of Prussia (german: Herzogtum Preußen, pl, Księstwo Pruskie, lt, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (german: Herzogliches Preußen, link=no; pl, Prusy Książęce, link=no) was a duchy in the region of Prussia establish ...

, Caspari studied at the

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and the universities of

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, Altdorf,

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, and Helmstedt. He became sub-inspector at the Albertina in 1676. Two years later he was appointed rector of

Riga Cathedral Riga Cathedral ( lv, Rīgas Doms; german: Dom zu Riga) formally The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Riga. The cathedral is one of the most recognizable ...

's school. Caspari died in Riga as the school's superintendent.

Works

*''De Vita Dei, Qualis ea sit ex Mente Graecorum et Potissimum Aristotelis'' (Jena, 1673) *''De Quaestione an Virtus Cadat in Deum'' (Königsberg, 1677) *''De Futuri Theologi Studiis Philologicis et Philosophicis'' (edited by Georg Caspari, 1705) *''Breviarium Theologiae Moralis'' (edited by Georg Caspari, 1712)

References

*John McClintock. ''Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature''. Harper and Brothers. New York. 188

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, Karl Eduard von Napiersky. ''Allgemeines Schriftsteller- und Gelehrten-Lexikon der Provinzen Livland, Esthland und Kurland''. Johann Friedrich Steffenhagen und Sohn.

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