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BERGLER, STEPHAN , German classical scholar, was born about 168o at Kronstadt in Transylvania. The date of his death is uncertain. After studying at Leipzig
Amsterdam
Homer and the Onomaslicon of Julius Pollux for Wetzstein the publisher. Subsequently, at Hamburg, he assisted the great
Bucharest
Mavrocordato
work
Leipzig
Eusebius
Bucharest
Constantinople , where he came to an untoward end (c. 1740). He is said to have become a convert to Islam; this report was probably a mistake for the undisputed fact that he embraced Roman Catholicism. Bergler led a wild and irregular life, and offended his friends and made many enemies by his dissipated habits and cynical disposition. In addition to writing numerous articles for the Leipzig Acta Eruditorum, Bergler edited the editio princeps of the Byzantine historiographer Genesius (1733), and the letters of Alciphron (1715), in which seventy-five hitherto unpublished letters were for the first time included.End of Article: BERGLER, STEPHAN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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