Jakob Langebek (23 January 1710 - 16 August 1775) was a

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historian, linguist, lexicographer, and archivist. Langebek, Jacob, 1710-75 ''Danish biographical Lexikon'' Retrieved December 1, 2020

Biography

He was born at Skjoldborg Parish in Thisted Municipality, Denmark. His father was a parish priest. He obtained his education at the University of Copenhagen Langebek became a theology candidate in 1732. He was a favored student of historian

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He studied Danish history, and it was by critical articles on contemporary writers in this field that he attracted attention. In 1737, he was employed at the Danish Royal Library and in 1748 he became an archivist. In 1745 he founded a society for the study of the language and history of Denmark, ''Det kongelige danske Selskab for Fædrelandets Historie og Sprog'' (Royal Danish Society for Fatherland History and Language), and was its perpetual archivist. He edited the society's journal ''Danske Magazin'' (1745–53). His works consist of valuable contributions on his favorite subject to the journals, and to the ''Danske Magazin'', which he edited and nearly all of which he wrote himself. His most important work was a collection of Danish historical documents from the Middle Ages, titled ''Scriptores Rerum Danicarum Medii Œvi'' (1772–1774). He was unable to finish its publication, and the work was completed by

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and others from original papers (1778). He also collected material for a Danish

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. A collection of his letters was published in 1794.Most widely held works by Jacob Langebek
at WorldCat Identities Langebek was elected a foreign member of the

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in 1753. He died at Copenhagen during 1775.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Langebek, Jakob 1710 births 1775 deaths People from Thisted Municipality University of Copenhagen alumni Danish archivists 18th-century Danish historians Danish lexicographers Danish magazine editors Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 18th-century lexicographers