| LC control no. | nb2001018958 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Melle, Jakob von, 1659-1743 |
| Variant(s) | Melle, Iacobus a, 1659-1743 Melle, Jacob, 1659-1743 Melle, Jacobus a, 1659-1743 Mellen, Jacob von, 1659-1743 Mellenus, Jacobus; 1659-1743 Von Melle, Jakob, 1659-1743 |
| Birth date | 16590617 |
| Death date | 17430613 |
| Place of birth | Lübeck (Germany) |
| Place of death | Lübeck (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Theology History |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Historians |
| Found in | Das Wörterbuch des Jakob von Melle, c2000: p.7 (1659-1743) back cover (chief pastor, Lübeck) Iacobi a Melle Commentatiuncula de simulachris aureis quae in Boringholmia, Maris Balthici insula, agris eruuntur, 1725: t.p. (Iacobi a Melle [Latin, genitive form]) Culturegraph web site, Feb. 9, 2015 (access point: Melle, Jacob von; other access points: Melle, Jacobus a; Melle, Iacobus a; Melle, Jakob von; Mellen, Jacobus a; Mellen, Jacob von; Mellenus, Jacobus; Melle, Jacob; philologist, historian, polymath, author, Lutheran theologian and clergyman; born 1659, died 1743; German pastor in St. Marien, Lübeck) <http://hub.culturegraph.org/about/122020103/html> German Wikipedia, Feb. 9, 2015: "Jacob von Melle" (Jacob von Melle; born June 17, 1659 and died June 13, 1743 in Lübeck; German Lutheran theologian, polymath and author; parents: Gerhard (Gerdt) von Melle and his second wife, Anna Maria Stolterfoht; family originally came from Melle, father arriving in Lübeck 1629; studied in Kiel, Jena and Rostock; from 1684 pastor in the Marienkirche Lübeck, chief pastor since 1706, and elected as chief minister in Lübeck in 1719, holding both offices until his death; from his student days particularly interested in the history of Lübeck, also palaeontology, genealogy, heraldry and numismatics; also published the first dictionary of Middle Low German) |
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