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Jacob August Franckenstein (27 December 1689 – 10 May 1733) was the main editor of the first two volumes of
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Jacob August Franckenstein (27 December 1689 – 10 May 1733) was the main editor of the first two volumes of Johann Heinrich Zedler
Johann Heinrich Zedler (7 January 1706 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) – 21 March 1751 in Leipzig) was a bookseller and publisher. His most important achievement was the creation of a German encyclopedia, the '' Grosses Universal-Lexicon (Gre ...
's ''Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon
The ''Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste'' ( en, Great Complete Encyclopedia of All Sciences and Arts, , italic=yes) is a 68-volume German encyclopedia published by Johann Heinrich Zedler between 1731 and 1 ...
(Great Complete Universal Lexicon)'', the most important encyclopedia published in Germany
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in the 18th century.
Franckenstein was born and died in Leipzig; he was the son of the lawyer and historian Christian Gottfried Franckenstein.
In August 1713 he acquired a master's degree in philosophy in Leipzig, and in 1719 he received a doctorate in law in Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
.
From 1721 to 1732 he was professor of natural and international law at the University of Leipzig.
In 1722 he was temporarily a Councilor at Zerbst
Zerbst () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until an administrative reform in 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the former Anhalt-Zerbst district.
Geography
Zerbst is situated in the Anhalt-Wittenberg regio ...
, the seat of government of the Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Anhalt-Zerbst was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts Potsdam-Mittelmark (Brandenburg) and Wittenberg, the city of Dessau and the districts of Köthen, Schönebeck and Jerichower L ...
, but after two years he returned to teaching at the university.
In 1731, Zedler asked Franckenstein to be the lead editor of the planned ''Universal Lexicon''.
He already had some experience with the book market.
He was a colleague and confidant of Professor Johann Burckhardt Mencke, publisher of the journal "New Learned Works" and other periodicals, a supporter of Zedler's mammoth project.
The first two volumes were prepared under Franckenstein's leadership.
After two years, at a time of financial crisis, he fell out with Zedler and resigned from the job. His successor was Paul Daniel Longolius
Paul Daniel Longolius (1 November 1704 – 24 February 1779) was the main editor of volumes 3 to 18 of Johann Heinrich Zedler's ''Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon'' (an early encyclopedia) from 1733 to 1739, replacing Jacob August Franckens ...
.
Franckenstein died in Leipzig two months later, on 10 May 1733.
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