Peter Hessel

Peter Hessel, also Peter Hesselius (* 15 December 1639 in Hamburg, † 26 or 27 December 1677 ibid) was a German pastor and writer. Edit LifeQualtext

Peter Hessel was born in Hamburg, where his rich father worked as a cheesemaker. He received a school education at the scholar's school of the Johanneum and the Akademisches Gymnasium. From 1662 to 1664 he studied theology at the University of Giessen. He then returned to his birthplace, where he took over the position of preacher at the Pesthof in 1671. He rejected five appointments in municipalities outside of Hamburg. Edit WorksQualtext

With the Hamburg palm tree, Peter Hessel wrote a chronicle about the Hansestadt. The work has never been moved and is now regarded as lost. He also wrote an extensive description of the Elbe. Hessel used a baroque language and held in the form of known descriptions of the earth. The work can be regarded as an early form of the later established topography. In the history of languages ​​it is one of the first works to be described as independent German literature. Edit source text Standard data (person): GND: 124444997 (PICA, AKS) | VIAF: 37851520 Wikipedia People Search

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