Karl Eduard von Napiersky (21 May 1793,

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– 2 September 1864, Riga) was a Latvian

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and

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. He studied

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at the

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, and from 1814 onward, served as a pastor in the municipality of Neu-Pebalg. From 1829 to 1849 he was director of government schools and gymnasiums in Riga. In 1851 he became a member of the newly established censorship committee in Riga.Napiersky, Karl Eduard von (russischer Adel 1852)
at Deutsche Biographie He was an early member of the '' Lettisch-Litterärischen Gesellschaft'' (1827) and one of the founders of the ''Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde der Ostseeprovinzen Rußlands'' (1833/34).

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Johann Friedrich von Recke Johann Friedrich von Recke (1 August 176413 September 1846) was a senior public official in the Baltic Germans Duchy of Courland. He is remembered now, primarily, for his activities as an antiquarian and collector. Following his withdrawal fro ...

, he published a four volume encyclopedia of

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

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and

Courland Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; Estonian: ''Kuramaa''; lt, Kuršas; pl, Kurlandia) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. ...

, titled ''Allgemeines Schriftsteller- und Gelehrten-Lexikon der provinzen Livland, Esthland und Kurland'' (1827–1832). His other noted literary efforts include: * ''Fortgesetzte Abhandlung von livländischen Geschichtschreibern : ein literar-historischer und bibliographischer Versuch'', 1823 – Continued treatise of Livonian historians. * ''Index corporis historico-diplomatici Livoniae, Esthoniae, Curoniae'', 1833. * ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kirchen und Prediger in Livland'', 1843 – Contributions to the history of churches and preachers in Livonia. * ''Chronologischer Abriss der älteren Geschichte Livlands'', 1848 – Chronological outline on the early history of Livonia. * ''Russisch-livländische Urkunden'', 1868 – Russian-Livonian documents.OCLC Classify
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Napiersky, Karl Eduard von 1793 births 1864 deaths Clergy from Riga University of Tartu alumni 19th-century Latvian historians Writers from Riga