Birth:
14th July 1676 (Tuesday), Hindenburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Death:
11th January 1763 (Tuesday), Westdorf
Age at death:
86
Copyright status of works:
Public domain; can be used, copied and distributed by everybody
Info from Wikipedia:
Caspar Abel 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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Names of Caspar Abel:
  • Kaspar Abel (spelling variant)
  • Abel, Caspar

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