Ebeling was born near Hildesheim, Hanover. He studied theology at Göttingen, but devoted himself to geographical studies, and for 33 years taught history and Greek in the Hamburg gymnasium. He was also superintendent of the Hamburg library, and collected about 10,000 maps and nearly 4,000 books relating to America. Ebeling's magnum opus was a Geography and History of North America (5 vols., Hamburg, 1796–1816), forming a continuation of Büsching's General Geography. He received a vote of thanks from the United States Congress for this work.[1]
He was noted for his extensive knowledge of oriental languages, of classic and foreign literature, and of history and geography.[2] Ebeling's collection was purchased by Israel Thorndike in the year after Ebeling's death, and given by him to Harvard. As a result, Harvard's library collections grew massively, virtually overnight. Through Thorndike, Ebeling's maps became the founding gift that created the Harvard Map Collection.[3]
Shows names of cities, towns, and boundary with South Carolina. Ms. map, pen-and- ink drawing likely traced by Christophe Daniel Ebeling. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Original map appears in American geography / by Jedidiah Morse ; Harrison, sc. Piccadilly, London: by J. Stockdale, July 24th, 1794. Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
christoph, daniel, ebeling, november, 1741, june, 1817, scholar, germany, studied, geography, history, north, america, born20, november, 1741, hildesheim, died30, june, 1817, aged, hamburg, alma, materuniversity, göttingen, occupationwriter, biography, editebe. Christoph Daniel Ebeling 20 November 1741 30 June 1817 was a scholar of Germany who studied the geography and history of North America Christoph Daniel EbelingBorn20 November 1741 Hildesheim Died30 June 1817 aged 75 Hamburg Alma materUniversity of Gottingen OccupationWriter Biography EditEbeling was born near Hildesheim Hanover He studied theology at Gottingen but devoted himself to geographical studies and for 33 years taught history and Greek in the Hamburg gymnasium He was also superintendent of the Hamburg library and collected about 10 000 maps and nearly 4 000 books relating to America Ebeling s magnum opus was a Geography and History of North America 5 vols Hamburg 1796 1816 forming a continuation of Busching s General Geography He received a vote of thanks from the United States Congress for this work 1 He was noted for his extensive knowledge of oriental languages of classic and foreign literature and of history and geography 2 Ebeling s collection was purchased by Israel Thorndike in the year after Ebeling s death and given by him to Harvard As a result Harvard s library collections grew massively virtually overnight Through Thorndike Ebeling s maps became the founding gift that created the Harvard Map Collection 3 Ebeling was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814 4 He died in Hamburg Shows names of cities towns and boundary with South Carolina Ms map pen and ink drawing likely traced by Christophe Daniel Ebeling Relief shown pictorially Prime meridian London Original map appears in American geography by Jedidiah Morse Harrison sc Piccadilly London by J Stockdale July 24th 1794 Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation Notes Edit Wilson amp Fiske 1900 Ripley George Dana Charles A eds 1879 Ebeling Christoph Daniel The American Cyclopaedia About Harvard Map Collection Harvard Library library harvard edu Retrieved 2018 01 18 American Antiquarian Society Members DirectoryReferences EditThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Wilson J G Fiske J eds 1900 Ebeling Christoph Daniel Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography New York D Appleton Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christoph Daniel Ebeling amp oldid 1085869437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
