Background
Adler was born in Brandenburg, and studied theology at the University of Halle.
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Georg Adler
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Education
University of Halle-Wittenberg.
Career
In 1755, he was appointed preacher (prediger) in Arnis, Schleswig. In 1758 in Sarau; and in 1759 in Altona. He remained in Altona, where he became provost in 1791, and died in 1804.
He was interested in Roman antiquities, and published a book on the subject by Maternus de Cilano in 1775, in addition to writing several of his own.
His major works are Ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt Rom (1781-1782, 4 vols), on the city of Rome. Nachricht von den pontinischen Sümpfen (1784), on the Pontine Marshes.
And an edition of the writings of Sextus Julius Frontinus (1792).
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November 2, 1804 (aged 80) -
Nationality
Germany