Johann Georg Theodor Grässe
Illustration — Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ca. Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (also Graesse; 31 January 1814 – 27 August 1885) was a German bibliographer and literary historian. He worked in Dresden at the Münzkabinett and also edited the journal Zeitschrift für Museologie und Antiquitätenkunde.
Also recorded as J.G.Th. Grässe
Johann Georg Theodor Grässe
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- Born
- 1814. · Grimma.
- Died
- 1885. · Niederlößnitz.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Saxony.
- Occupation
- librarian, literary historian, philologist, bibliographer, translator and writer.
- Fields
- literary studies, history of literature, Latin philology and translation from Latin.
- Education
- Leipzig University.
- Languages
- German.
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Illustration — Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ca. Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (also Graesse; 31 January 1814 – 27 August 1885) was a German bibliographer and literary historian. He worked in Dresden at the Münzkabinett and also edited the journal Zeitschrift für Museologie und Antiquitätenkunde.
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Johann Georg Theodor Grässe studied at Leipzig University. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is literary studies, history of literature and Latin philology. Positions recorded include museum director. Work by Johann Georg Theodor Grässe is recorded in the collections of City Castle Zaltbommel.
* • Gesta Romanorum (Dresden, 1842) • Bibliotheca magica (Leipzig, 1843) • Handbuch der allgemeinen Litteraturgeschichte (Dresden, 1844-50); 2nd ed. • Bibliotheca psychologica (1845) • Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine (1846) • Die Sage vom Ritter Tannhäuser (1846) • Geschichte der Poesie Europas und der bedeutendsten außreuropïschen Länder vom Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts bis auf die neueuste Zeit (1848) • Leitfaden der allgemeinen Literaturgeschichte (Leipzig, 1854) • Sagenschatz des Königreichs Sachsen (1855) • Sachsens Fürsten in Bildern mit geschichtlichen Erläuterungen. (Dresden, 1856) • With Peter Christen Asbjörnsen: Nord und Süd. Ein Märchen-Strauß (Dresden, 1858) * • Orbis Latinus (Dresden, 1861) • Märchenwelt. Verlag Moritz Schäfer (Leipzig, 1865) • Sagenbuch des preußischen Staats (Dresden, 1866–71) • Beschreibender Katalog der königlichen Porzellansammlung (Dresden, 1874) • Sachsens Fürsten aus dem Haus Wettin (1875) • Geschlechts-, Namen- und Wappensagen des Adels deutscher Nation (Dresden, 1876) • Beschreibender Katalog des Grünen Gewölbes (5th ed., 1881)
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1814
Johann Georg Theodor Grässe born at Grimma.
1844
Die Sage vom Ewigen Juden / Historisch entwickelt, mit verwandten Mythen verglichen und kritisch beleuchtet. Von J.G. Th. Grässe., dated 1844, held by Wellcome Collection.
1845
Bibliotheca psychologica oder Verzeichniss der wichtigsten über das Wesen der Menschen- und Thierseelen und die Unsterblichkeitslehre handelnden Schriftsteller älterer und neuerer Zeit / In alphabetischer ordnung zusammengestellt, und mit einer wissenschaftlichen Uebersicht begleitet von Dr. J.G. Th. Grässe., dated 1845, held by Wellcome Collection.
1852
Lehrbuch einer allgemeinen literargeschichte aller bekannten Volker der Welt von der altesten bis auf die neueste Zeit von Johann Georg Theodor Grasse Das sechszehnte Jahrhundert in seinen Schriststellern und ihren Werken auf den verschiedenen Gebieten der Wissen schaften und schonen Kunste (1852) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1853
Lehrbuch einer allgemeinen literargeschichte aller bekannten Volker der Welt von der altesten bis auf die neueste Zeit von Johann Georg Theodor Grasse Das siebzehnte Jahrhundert in seinen Schriftstellern und in ihren Werken auf den verschiedenen Gebieten der Wissenschaften und schönen Kűnste (1853) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1859
Lehrbuch einer allgemeinen literargeschichte aller bekannten Volker der Welt von der altesten bis auf die neueste Zeit von Johann Georg Theodor Grasse Die sämmtlichen Register enthaltend digitised by Internet Archive.
1885
Johann Georg Theodor Grässe died at Niederlößnitz.
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Grimma.
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- 1.Frédérick Martin. Handbook of Contemporary Biography. Macmillan. 1870.
- 2.J.G.T. Graesse. Zeitschrift für Museologie und Antiquitätenkunde sowie verwandte Wissenschaften.
- 3.Dodd. New International Encyclopedia. 10. 1915.
- 4.Schulz, Heiko. Kierkegaard's international reception — Tome 1: Northern and Western Europe. Ashgate. 312. 2007. 9780754664963.
- 5.Howard Hotson. Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research. Truman State University Press. 2008. 978-1-931112-72-7.
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