Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon

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The Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon (General Scholarly Lexicon) was a specialized biographical encyclopedia compiled by Christian Gottlieb Jöcher, first published in 1750–51. It was a significant effort in the mid-18th century towards creating specialized encyclopedias, focusing specifically on biographies. Jöcher's work was later continued by Johann Christoph Adelung and others, and it remains a valuable resource today. This lexicon is distinct from the larger Grosses vollst\u00e4ndiges Universal-Lexicon, a general encyclopedia published by Johann Heinrich Zedler from 1732 to 1750.12

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The Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon (1750–51; “General Scholarly Lexicon”) was compiled by Christian Gottlieb Jöcher, a German biographer, and issued by Gleditsch, the publisher of both Hübner and Marperger’s work and the opponent of Zedler’s encyclopaedia. Jöcher’s work was continued by the German philologist Johann Cristoph Adelung and…
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The Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon (1750–51; “General Scholarly Lexicon”) was compiled by Christian Gottlieb Jöcher, a German biographer, and issued by Gleditsch, the publisher of both Hübner and Marperger’s work and the opponent of Zedler’s encyclopaedia. Jöcher’s work was continued by the German philologist Johann Cristoph Adelung and…
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