Paul Daniel Longolius

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Paul Daniel Longolius (1 November 1704 – 24 February 1779) was a German meteorologist, historian, and educator. He was educated at Leipzig University. He was the main editor of volumes 3 to 18 of Johann Heinrich Zedler's Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon (an early encyclopedia) from 1733 to 1739, replacing Jacob August Franckenstein, who had edited the first two volumes.^[1] His successor was Carl Günther Ludovici.

He was born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony and died in Hof.^[2]

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^ Bosl, Karl, ed. (1988). "Longolius, Paul Daniel". Bosls bayerische Biographie - 1000 Persönlichkeiten aus 15 Jahrhunderten. Ergänzungsband. Verlag Friedrich Pustet. p. 112. ISBN 9783791711539.
^ Körner, Hans-Michael; Jahn, Bruno, eds. (2005). "Longolius, Paul Daniel". Grosse Bayerische Biographische Enzyklopädie (in German). Vol. II, H–O. K. G. Saur. pp. 1206–1207.

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