Johann Christian von Engel

Johann Christian von Engel (1770–1814) was a Hungarian historian.

Biography

He was born in Leutschau (today Levoča, Slovakia), Hungary, and received his education at the University of Göttingen, where Heyne and Schlözer were among his teachers. He wrote several historical works which in their day were treasure houses of knowledge and scholarship. He was the first to put the history of Hungary on a sound scholarly basis. In 1812 he was ennobled.

Works

His greatest works are Geschichte des ungarischen Reiches und seine Nebenländer (“History of imperial Hungary and neighboring lands,” 5 vols., 1797–1804) and Geschichte des Königreichs Ungarn (“History of the kingdom of Hungary,” 5 vols., 1814).

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Engel, Johann Christian von". Encyclopedia Americana.

External links

•  "Engel, Johann Christian von". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.