Adrian

Adrian

Adrian, 1) St. A., s. Adrianus; 2) röm. Kaiser, so v.w. Hadrian. 3) Joh. Valentin, geb. 1793 zu Klingenberg bei Aschaffenburg, machte als Freiwilliger die Feldzüge 1813 u. 1814 mit, lebte dann in der Schweiz, war einige Jahre Lehrer an einer Erziehungsanstalt zu Rödelheim in Hessen, besuchte 1819 Italien, wurde 1820 Erzieher im gräflich Winzingerodeschen Hause, u. nachdem er Frankreich u. England bereist hatte, 1823 Professor der neuen Sprachen zu Gießen u. 1830 Oberbibliothekar daselbst. Er schr.: Erzählungen, Frkf. 1821; Die Priesterinnen[146] den Griechen, 1823; Provençalische Grammatik, 1825; Bilder aus England, Frkf. 1828, 2 Thle., fortgesetzt als Skizzen aus England, 1830, 2 Thle.; Neuestes Gemälde aus London, 1829; Catal. codicum Mss. biblioth. acad. Gisens. 1840; Mittheilungen zur Geschichte u. Literatur, 1846, u. a. m. Ist Herausgeber des Rheinischen Taschenbuchs, u. gab Byrons sämmtliche Werke, übersetzt von Mehreren, heraus, Frkf. 1830, 12 Bde., n. A. 1837.


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