Encyclopaedia Americana Volume 6; A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...from the poets, he entered the territory of mythology, on which he shed much light, by his edition of Apollodorns, &c. Archaeology gained equally by his antiquarian essays. Connected with these archaeological and antiquarian investigations, were his historical labors, viz., the treatment of Greek and Romau antiquities, and his extensive knowledge of the internal history, constitutions aud legislation of the states of antiquity, which he knew how to apply happily to the events of his own time. Even as a man of business and the world, Heyne was worthy of respect; on which account he was intrusted, from all quarters, with honorable employments, and his advice was not unfrequently asked by the curators of the university. He brought the library of Gottingen to its present state of excellence, so that it is regarded, by competent judges of the subject, as the first in Europe, because all the departments are methodically filled. In the same flourishing condition did he leave the other institutions which were intrusted to his supervision. Not merely the fame of his great learning, but the weight of his character, and the propriety and delicacy of his conduct, procured him the acquaintance of the most accomplished and eminent men of his time. George Forster, Huber and Heercn became his sons-in-law. The centre of his activity always was the university, which he loved with filial fidelity and disinterested affection. In dangerous times, the influence which he had acquired, and his approved uprightness and wisdom, were of great service to that literary institution. By his efforts, the university and city of Gottingen were spared the necessity of affording quarters to the soldiery, while the French had possession of Hanover, from 1804 to 1805. At this time, his occu...