Karl Eduard von Napiersky explained
Karl Eduard von Napiersky (21 May 1793, Riga - 2 September 1864, Riga) was a Latvian clergyman and historian.
He studied theology at the University of Dorpat, and from 1814 onward, served as a pastor in the municipality of Neu-Pebalg. From 1829 to 1849 he was director of government schools and gymnasiums in Riga. In 1851 he became a member of the newly established censorship committee in Riga.[1]
He was an early member of the Lettisch-Litterärischen Gesellschaft (1827) and one of the founders of the Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde der Ostseeprovinzen Rußlands (1833/34).[1]
Published works
With Johann Friedrich von Recke, he published a four volume encyclopedia of Livonia, Estonia and Courland, titled Allgemeines Schriftsteller- und Gelehrten-Lexikon der provinzen Livland, Esthland und Kurland (1827 - 1832).[2] His other noted literary efforts include:
- Fortgesetzte Abhandlung von livländischen Geschichtschreibern : ein literar-historischer und bibliographischer Versuch, 1823 - Continued treatise of Livonian historians.
- Index corporis historico-diplomatici Livoniae, Esthoniae, Curoniae, 1833.
- Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kirchen und Prediger in Livland, 1843 - Contributions to the history of churches and preachers in Livonia.
- Chronologischer Abriss der älteren Geschichte Livlands, 1848 - Chronological outline on the early history of Livonia.
- Russisch-livländische Urkunden, 1868 - Russian-Livonian documents.[3]
Notes and References
- http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz67915.html Napiersky, Karl Eduard von (russischer Adel 1852)
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008698650 HathiTrust Digital Library
- http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=Napiersky,%20Karl%20Eduard,%201793-1864 OCLC Classify
