Johann Christian August Heyse Explained

Johann Christian August Heyse (21 April 1764 in Nordhausen – 27 June 1829 in Magdeburg) was a German grammarian and lexicographer.He was the father of philologist Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse (1797–1855), who edited and revised several of the elder Heyse's works.^[1]

From 1783 to 1786 he received his education at the University of Göttingen. He later was a schoolteacher in Oldenburg (from 1792), an academic rector in Nordhausen (from 1807) and a school director in Magdeburg (from 1819 until his death).^[2]

Selected works

He is chiefly known for his work in the field of German school grammar. He wrote:

• "Kleine theoretisch-praktische deutsche Grammatik : ein Auszug aus dem grössern Lehrbuche der deutschen Sprache" (3rd edition 1821).
• "Theoretisch-praktische deutsche grammatik" (4th edition 1827).
• "Leitfaden zum Unterricht in der deutschen Sprache" (twenty-fifth edition, 1885).
• "Deutsche Schulgrammatik", (twenty-sixth edition by Otto Lyon, 1900).
• "Allgemeines verdeutschendes und erklärendes Fremdwörterbuch : mit Bezeichnung der Aussprache und Betonung der Wörter nebst genauer Angabe ihrer Abstammung und Bildung (19th edition by Otto Lyon, 1910).^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Heyse,_Karl ADB:Heyse, Karl
2. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Heyse,_Johann_Christian_August ADB: Heyse, Johann Christian August
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=pppGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA49 The new international encyclopædia, Volume 10
4. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AHeyse%2C+Johann+Christian+August%2C&qt=hot_author WorldCat Search