Caspar Abel Explained

Birth Date:14 July 1676
Birth Place:Hindenburg in der Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Death Place:Westdorf, Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:pastor, theologian, historian, poet
Children:Joachim Gottwalt Abel
Ordained:1718

Caspar Abel (14 July 1676  - 11 January 1763) was a German theologian, historian and poet.

Abel was born in Hindenburg in der Altmark, the son of a pastor, and gained his theological education in Braunschweig and Helmstedt. In 1696 he became rector in Osterburg, in 1698 at the Johannisschule in Halberstadt. In 1718 he became pastor in Westdorf near Aschersleben where he died in 1763. His son Joachim Gottwalt Abel (1723–1806) also became a pastor.

Note: From 1748 to 1764 he was assisted by Johann Gottfried Bürger, the father of poet Gottfried August Bürger.

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