Klaproth, Heinrich Julius

Klaproth, Heinrich Julius a German Orientalist, was born in Berlin, October 11, 1783. In 1802 he published, Asiatisches Magazin, and was made adjunct to the academy for Asiatic languages at St. Petersburg: — Reise in den Kautkasus und Georgien in den Jahren 1807 und 1808 (Halle, 1812-14, 2 volumes; transl. into French, Paris, 1823). In 1812 he left the Russian civil service, went in 1814 to Italy, in 1815 to Paris, where he was made professor of the languages of Asia in 1816. He died August 20, 1835. Besides the above works, he published, Geogr. historische Beschreibung des ostlichen Kaukasus (Weimar, 1814): — Reise nach Georgien und Imirethi (Berlin, 1815): — Verzeichniss der chinesisches und mandschuischen Bucher und Vanuskripte der konigl. Bibliothek in Berlin ( Paris, 1822 ): — Asia Polyglotta (1823): — Tableaux Historiques de l'Asie (1834, 4 volumes): Memnoires Relatifs a l'Asie (eod.): — Collections d'Antiquites Egyptiennes (1829): — Exanmen Critique des Travaux dufetu M. Champollion sur les Htroglyphes (1832): — Aperqu General des Trois Royaumes, Traduit de 1' Original Japonais-Chinois (1833). (B.P.).