Johann Christian von Engel (1770–1814) was an

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of Ukrainian, Romanian, Hungarian, Croatian, and German history.

Biography

He was born in Leutschau (today Levoča,

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), then belonging to

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under

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, and received his education at the

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, where

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and Schlözer were among his teachers. He wrote several historical works which in their day were treasure houses of knowledge and scholarship. He was the first to put the history of

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, and the

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on a sound scholarly basis. In 1812 he was ennobled.

Works

His greatest works are ''Die Geschichte der Ukraine und der ukrainische Kosaken, wie auch der Königreiche Halitsch-Wladimir'' ("History of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Cossacks, along with the Kingdom of Halych-Volodymyr", Halle 1796) ''Geschichte des ungarischen Reiches und seine Nebenländer'' (“History of imperial Hungary and neighboring lands,” 5 vols., 1797–1804); Geschichte der Moldau und Walachey (

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, 1804) and ''Geschichte des Königreichs Ungarn'' (“History of the kingdom of Hungary,” 5 vols., 1814).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engel, Johann Christian 1770 births 1814 deaths 19th-century Austrian historians Historians of Europe 18th-century Austrian historians University of Göttingen alumni