Johannes Moller (27 February 1661, Flensburg – 2 October 1725, Flensburg) was a Danish

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, headmaster of Flensburg's Latin School, and author of a noted biography of North German scholars „Cimbria literata".Severin Corsten, Paul Raabe, Bernhard Fabian ''Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland '' 1996 "1.3 Erst im Jahre 1711 begründete der Flensburger Johannes Moller (1661-1725), seit 1685 im Dienst der Schule, seit 1701 Rektor, die noch heute bestehende Schulbibliothek. " He studied

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, philosophy and

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at the Universities of

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and

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, then continued his education by conducting research in libraries at

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(1681–84) and

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(1684/65). From 1685 until his death in 1725, he was associated with the Flensburg school, eventually attaining the positions of conrector (1690) and

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(1701). In 1711 he founded the school library.ADB:Moller, Johannes
at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie His most famous work, ''Cimbria literata, sive, Scriptorum ducatus utriusque Slesvicensis et Holsatici'', was first published after his death by his son in three folio volumes (1744). :For the historian see Johannes Möller

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Johannes 1661 births 1725 deaths Heads of schools in Germany German literary historians University of Kiel alumni Leipzig University alumni People from Flensburg