Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806)

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Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806)

German philologist and grammarian. Adelung published a work on the occult entitled Histoire des folies humaines, on Biographie des plus celebres necromanciens, alchimistes, devins, etc. (Leipzig, 1785-89). He died at Dresden.

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