Schérer, Jean-Benoît, 1741-1824

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Personal name heading	Schérer, Jean-Benoît, 1741-1824 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Scherer, Jean Benoît, b. 1741 Schérer, J. B. (Jean Benoît), 1741-1824 Sherer, Z︠H︡an-Benua, 1741-1824 Sherer, Ĭohann Benedikt, 1741-1824 Cherer, 1741-1824
Found in	His Histoire raisonnée du commerce de la Russie, 1788: t.p. (M. Jean-Benoit Scherer) LC in OCLC, 02-09-95 (hdg.: Schérer, Jean-Benoît, b. 1841; usage: J.B. Scherer; dates 1741-1824?) Litopys Malorosiï, abo, Istorii︠a︡ kozakiv-zaporoz︠h︡t︠s︡iv ta kozakiv Ukraïny, abo Malorosiï, 1994: t.p. (Z︠H︡an-Benua Sherer) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 4, p. 552 (Scherer, Jean-Benoît, b. 09-01-1741 in Strasbourg, France, d. 1824. Historian, geographer, and economist. After studying at several universities, he served in the Russian civil service and then at the French embassy in Saint Petersburg. From 1808 to 1824 he taught French literature and Russian history at Tübingen University. He translated the "Primary chronicle" in 1774, and among other works he wrote the two-volume Annales de la Petite-Russie, ou, Histoire des Cosaques-Saporogues et des Cosaques de l'Ukraine, ou de la Petite-Russia in 1788, one of the earliest works in Western Europe on Ukrainian history and geography) Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.: v. 12, p. 400 (Sherer, Ĭohann Benedikt (Z︠H︡an Benua) (Scherer, Cherer), b. 09-01-1741 in Strasbourg, d. 1824; German and French historian, geographer, and economist. He studied at Strasbourg, Jena, and Leipzig Universities. He also served as an attaché at the French embassy in Saint Petersburg. Amoung his works is the "Annaly Malorosiï" of 1788, which was the first work by a Western-European scholar concerning the geography and history of Ukraine) MdU/G-K files (hdgs.: Schérer, Jean Benoît, b. 1741; Schérer, Jean-Benoît; usage: Jean-Benoît Schérer)
Not found in	GDEL; Quérard. La France litt.