The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Engel, Johann Christian von

ENGEL, Johann Christian von, Hungarian historian: b. Teutschau, Hungary, 1770; d. 1814. He received his education at the University of Göttingen, where Heyne and Schlözer were among his teachers. He wrote several historical works which in their day were treasure-houses of knowledge and scholarship. He was the first to put the history of Hungary on a sound scholarly basis. In 1812 he was ennobled. His greatest works are ‘Geschichte des ungarischen Reiches und seine Nebenländer’ (5 vols., 1797-1804) and ‘Geschichte des Königreichs Ungarn’ (5 vols., 1814).