About Johann Christoph Jordan
Lived 1700 – 1748. Johann Christoph Jordan was a publisher, official, historian, slavist, court counsel and jurist.
Johann Christoph (von) Jordan (died 1748) was a German bureaucrat and antiquary. He wrote in Latin, and his most important work was a history of the Slavic peoples, De Originibus Slavicis, published in 1745.
Originally from the Rhineland, Jordan served as a senior official in the Bohemian Court Chancery (Böhmische Hofkanzlei).
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Who was Johann Christoph Jordan?
German 18th century writer on Slavic studies
When was Johann Christoph Jordan born?
Johann Christoph Jordan was born in 1700 in Bocholt.
When did Johann Christoph Jordan die?
Johann Christoph Jordan died in 1748.
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Johann Christoph Jordan was a publisher, official, historian, slavist, court counsel and jurist.
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