Theodor Arnold (1683–1771) was a
German
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Anglicist
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from
Leipzig
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, at the time a part of the
Electorate of Saxony. He was a professor at the
University of Leipzig
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and published numerous
English
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grammars, dictionaries, and translations for German and Danish readers. His works were among the most popular for English-language learning in
Germany
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in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Bibliography
* ''New English Grammar'' (Hanover: 1718 & Leipzig: 1823 & 1829)
* ''Grammatica Anglicana Concentrata, oder Kurtz-gefaßte Englische Grammatica'' (Leipzig: 1736 & 1781)
* The
Quran
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(from
George Sale's English translation, 1746)
* ''A Compleat English Dictionary oder Vollständiges Englisch-Deutsche Wörter-Buch'' (Leipzig: 1752)
* ''A Complet Vocabulary, English and German'' (Leipzig: 1757 & 1790)
* ''Vollständiges Deutsch-Englishes Wörterbuch'' (Leipzig: 1778 & 1783)
* ''Grammatica Anglicana et Danica Concentrata eller Engelske og Danske Grammatika'' (Copenhagen: 1791)
* ''Engelske Grammatik'' (Copenhagen: 1800)
* ''Fuldstændig Engelsk og Dansk Haand-Ordbog'' (Copenhagen: 1820)
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1683 births
1771 deaths
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