Georg Christian Adler (May 6, 1734 – November 2, 1804) was a German scholar.
Adler was born in
Brandenburg, and studied
theology at the
University of Halle. In 1755, he was appointed preacher (''prediger'') in
Arnis,
Schleswig; in 1758 in
Sarau; and in 1759 in
Altona. He remained in Altona, where he became provost in 1791, and died in 1804.
He was interested in
Roman antiquities, and published a book on the subject by
Maternus de Cilano in 1775, in addition to writing several of his own. His major works are ''Ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt Rom'' (1781–82, 4 vols.), on the city of Rome; ''Nachricht von den pontinischen Sümpfen'' (1784), on the
Pontine Marshes; and an edition of the writings of
Sextus Julius Frontinus
Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube ...
(1792).
His son,
Jacob Georg Christian Adler, was also a noted scholar.
References
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1734 births
1804 deaths
German Lutheran theologians
18th-century German Lutheran clergy
German classical scholars
University of Halle alumni
German male non-fiction writers
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