Scheller, Immanuel Johann Gerhard (1735-1803) cropped

Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller (22 March 1735, in Ihlow – 5 July 1803, in Brieg) was a German

classical philologist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and ot ...

and

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoreti ...

. From 1757 he studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and classical philology at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...

, and following graduation, began work as

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

at the lyceum in Lübben (1761). In 1771, by way of a suggestion from Karl Abraham Zedlitz, he relocated to Brieg as a professor and rector of its royal grammar school. Here he remained until his death in 1803.Scheller, Immanuel Johann Gerhard
at Deutsche Biographie He is remembered for his important work as a lexicographer of Latin dictionaries, his aim being, to present the

lexicon A lexicon is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes. The word ''lexicon'' derives from Koine Greek language, Greek word (), neuter of () ...

of the ancient authors as it developed historically. In 1783 he published a two-volume detailed Latin-German dictionary; its second edition in 1788 was expanded to three volumes, and the third edition, issued a year after his death (1804), was published in five volumes. In 1792 he published a "concise" ''Handlexicon'', which after his death was issued over several revisions by Georg Heinrich Lünemann.

Selected works

* ''Kleines lateinisches Wörterbuch worin die bekanntesten Wörter verzeichnet'', etc. 1779 – Small Latin dictionary. * ''Ausführliches und möglichst vollständiges deutsch-lateinisches Lexicon oder Wörterbuch'', (2nd edition, 1788) – Detailed German-Latin lexicon. * ''Lateinisch-deutsches und deutsch-lateinisches Handlexicon'', 1792 – Latin-German and German-Latin hand lexicon. * "Lexicon totius latinitatis : a dictionary of the Latin language", 1835 by Joseph Esmond Riddle, an English translation of ''Imman. Joh. Gerhard Schellers ausführliches und möglichst vollständiges lateinisch-deutsches Lexicon oder Wörterbuch''.Most widely held works by Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller
WorldCat Identities

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheller, Immanuel Johann Gerhard 1735 births 1803 deaths Leipzig University alumni People from Teltow-Fläming German Latinists German lexicographers German classical philologists 18th-century lexicographers