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Johann Daniel Schöpflin (6 September 1694,

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– 7 August 1771,

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) was a professor of history, rhetoric and law at the

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. He was one of

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’s teachers.

Biography

Schöpflin was well known in Europe and had a sphere of influence that went far beyond

. His correspondence provides not only a revealing look at university and academic life of the time, but also at culture and diplomacy in the

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. His comments on his contemporaries and current events are now an important source for this era. Schöpflin’s correspondents included the scholars of the

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Martin Gerbert Martin Gerbert (11 August 1720 – 3 May 1793), was a German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born at Horb am Neckar, Württemberg, on 12 (or 11 or 13) August 1720. Life He w ...

and Rustenus Heer. He was elected a

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in 1828. In 1760

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asked Schöpflin to write the von Baden family history. From 1763, Schöpflin was a member of the Palatine Academy of Sciences in

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and was its first honorary president. Schöpflin taught Goethe in 1770 and 1771, imparting to his student a love of history and especially medieval poetry. The Palatine historian Andreas Lamey (1726-1802) was also one of Schöpflin’s students.Franz Xaver von Wegele
''Andreas Lamey''
in ''

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'' Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 568.

Writings

* ''Alsatia diplomatica'', two volumes, Strasbourg 1772-1775

. * ''Alsatia Illustrata'', two volumes, Colmar 1751-1761. * ''Historia Zaringo-Badensis'', seven volumes, Karlsruhe 1763-1766

. * ''Vindiciae Celticae'', Strasbourg 1754

.

Bibliography

* Johann Daniel Schöpflin: ''Wissenschaftliche und diplomatische Korrespondenz'' (= ''Beihefte der Francia'' 54). Edited by Jürgen Voss. Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2002,
Online
. * Jürgen Voss: ''Universität, Geschichtswissenschaft und Diplomatie im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Johann Daniel Schöpflin (1694–1771)'' (= ''Veröffentlichungen des Historischen Instituts der Universität Mannheim.'' Bd. 4). Fink, München 1979, (Also: Mannheim Universität, Habilitations-Magazine, 1976).

External links

* Wilhelm Wiegan
''Johann Daniel Schöpflin''
in ''

'' Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 359–368.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schopflin, Johann Daniel 1694 births 1771 deaths People from Sulzburg 18th-century German historians Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg French bibliophiles French historiographers Fellows of the Royal Society