Johann Heinrich Zedler
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Johann Heinrich Zedler was a German encyclopaedist known for his massive work, the Grosses vollst\u00e4ndiges Universal-Lexicon (1732\u20131750). This encyclopaedia, published in 64 volumes, was noted for its accuracy and included biographical and bibliographical information, even about living individuals. Zedler's work represented the older tradition of encyclopaedias that focused on history and biography. His contribution is significant in the history of German encyclopaedias, which at the time were often translations of foreign works or focused on specific areas like conversation lexicons.12345
- encyclopaedia - The development of the modern encyclopaedia (17th–18th centuries)
- Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon
- encyclopaedia - Encyclopaedias and politics
- encyclopaedia - Encyclopaedic dictionaries
- Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste
- Leopold Zunz
- Konversationslexikon
- Tuiskon Ziller
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encyclopaediaAuthorshipJohann Heinrich Zedler, in his Universal-Lexicon (1732–50), went further by enlisting the help of two general editors, supported by nine specialist editors, the result being a gigantic work of great accuracy. The French Encyclopédie, the largest encyclopaedia issued at that time, inevitably had many contributors,…
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Johann Heinrich Zedler’s huge Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon (“The Great Comprehensive Universal Lexicon”; 1732–50) was in the older tradition but is important for its accuracy and its biographical and bibliographical material. An attempt to produce a German type of the Encyclopédie in 1778–1807 was, however, a…
Read MoreJohann Heinrich Zedler’s huge Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon (“The Great Comprehensive Universal Lexicon”; 1732–50) was in the older tradition but is important for its accuracy and its biographical and bibliographical material. An attempt to produce a German type of the Encyclopédie in 1778–1807 was, however, a…
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