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HEYDUK. 48 HEYNLIN. Zavati listy (1880); A'a vlnach (1890); and H:h(il,',n (1894). HEYEB, lii'er, Gustav (1826-83). A distill- guislifd Cierinun forester, son of Karl Justus lU'ver iq-v. ) . He was born at Uiessen. and studifd at the L'niver:.ity of Giessfn, wliiTe at the aye of twenty-seven lie became professor of for- e.-lry. In 18ti8 lie was appointed director of the Academy of Forestry at .Miiiiden. a post wliidi he ie>ii;iied in 1878, to accept a professor's eliair in the University of Munich. Krom 180(1 to 1878 he edited the Allgrmcinc Forst und Jaflilzcitiiiig. Among his many works on forestry may be men- tioned: Lchihiich dvr forstlichcii Budcnhuiulc uiuJ lliiniitolo;iic ( Erlan-jcn, 1856); Anlvitun;) zur M'lihlucirrcvlniiimi ( Leipzi;;, 18'.I5; 4th ed. ISIti) ; Huiiilhiiili der forsllichen .Statik (Leipzig, 1871). HEYER, Karl .Ji'STfs (1797-1856). A noted Geniiaii forester. He was born at Bessungen near Darmstadt, studied at iliossen and at Tharand, and at the age of twenty-one took active part in practical forestry, especially in the vicin- ity of Darmstadt, where he was then lecturing on forestry. In 1825 he was appointed instructor in the school nf forestry at the I'niversity of Giessen, where, after having been also practical forester for Count Ki'liach-Kiirsteimu for four years, commencing in IH.'il, lie berainr professor of forestry in 18.35. a post he held until his death. During his incumbency he made many interest- ing contributions to the subject of forestry, in recognition of which a monument was erected in his honor at (Jiessen in 1802. Among his works may be mentioned: Urilriiqe :i(r I'orsticisxcn- schnfl (Oiessen. 1842 and 1847); Atilriliiiifj zti forxlsliitinrhrn I'litirsiirliiiniiPii ((Jiessen. 1846); Dcr M'dldhaii od>r die Foist prodiihlinziiclit I Leipzig. 18.54; 4th ed. bv Richard Hess, 1891- 93). HEYLLI, kyy, Edmond Antoixe Poisot, called Ckohges d' (1833—). A French bibliog- rapher and editor. He was born at Xogent- siir-Seine, and in 1877 became chief of the Bu- reau of the Tjegion of Honor. He is best known as a collector of anecdotes about celebri- ties, Louis XV.. Countess du Barry. Mme, Kmile de Girardin, Marshal Xev. Madame Uachel. and others, and published a number nf books, such as Le scfindnlr nii thratrr (1864) ; Dirlioiiitairf drs psrudotn/ntm (1867). of which a third and en- larged edition came out twenty years later. He founded (1876) the dfizrtlc Atx'rdotiqur. Littd- raire, Th^Atrnle. brought out curious editions of ilnnon Lrxratit and of Paul et V!riji)iie, and collected a number of interesting documents re- lating to the War of 1870 and the Commune. HEYLYN. hi'lln. Peter (1600-62). A Church nf Knirland ilivine. He was bom at Bnrford. in Oxfnnlshire. Xovemher 29. 1600. He studied at Oxford, and through the interest of Laud, in whose theory nf Church and Kinir he devniitly believed, was appninted chaplain-in-nrdinari- to Kinsr Charles in 1630, .'subsequently he held a variety of livings, but was deprived nf them dur- ing the period of the Commonwealth. In 1651 he became blind. At the Restoration he was made Bubdean of Westminster as a reward for his lit- erary services to the rnval cause. He died in London. May S. 1662. Heylyn was a very volu- minous controversial writer, but his works are of no value now. except as illustrative of the ase in which he lived and the ecclesiastical party to which lie belonged. For his life, consult Robert- son in his edition of Heylyn's FccUxia Ucstaurala (London, 184'.l). HEYNE, hi'nc. Christian Gottlob (172'J- 1812). A Cicrniiui classical scholar, born at Chemnitz, in I pper .Sa.ony, iSuptemlier 25, 1729. His father was a poor weaver. The pastor of Chemnitz, himself very poor, had Ileyne educated at a school in the suburbs, and afterwards .sent him to the L'liiversity of Leipzig, where he suf- fered from extreme poverty. In 1753 he ob- tained a situation as copyist in the Hriihl Li- brary at Dresden. While in this ntlice. he pre- ))areil his edition of Tihiillus, which appeared in 1755, and rousid the a<lniiration of Kulinken of Leydeii. In 1756. unfortunately fur Mcyne. the Seven Years' War broke out, Krederick the Great marched against Dresden, and burned, among other things, the Briihl Library, but not before Heyne had edited, from a codex there, the Fiirhiridion of Epictetus. For some time he led a precarious life, being often without employment and without bread. In 1761 he married, and supported himself as best he could by writing for the booksellers: and in 1763 he was appointed professor of rhetoric at (iiittingen on the reconi- niendation of Kuhnken. This closed his period of misfortune. The rest of his long life was spent in comfort and professional activity. He died .Inly 14, 1812. The principal works of Heyne, besides those mentioned, are his editions of Ver- gil (1767. Cth ed. 1803): Pindar (1774); Apol- lodorus ( 1.787) : Pliny ( 1790) ; Coiion and Partli- enius (1798): aii<l llonicr (S vols,. 1S(»2: 2d ed. IS04). He ]ml>lished many translations, besides some ten or twelve volumes of minor works, of which six volumes were published separately under the title of Opusruln Acndcmica (Giittin- gen. 1785-1812) : and. finally, a great many re- views of books in the Oiittinfier CeMirlc An- Z'ifim. of which he was editor from 1770. In addition to this work, he had a seminar for the advanced stuily of phllidogy and classical anti- quity, from which he s<'iit forth, in the course of his life, no fewer than 135 professors. Consult the life of Heyne by his son-in-law. Ludwig Hee- ren (Giittingen. 1813), and Carlylc's essay, On the Life of He line. HEYNE, MoRiTZ (1837—). A Germanic phi- lologist. He was born at Weissenfels, stud- ied at Halle, and became docent there in 1864, and professor in 1869. In the following year he went to Basel as professor of German language and literature, and in 1883 was called to a similar chair at (Jiittingen. His most widely known work is that in the continuation of Grimm's Dexitsches Wiirterbueh (in which he edited the letter H, I, J, L, M, R. and part of S) and his own Deutsches Wijrtcrbuch (1800- 95). More important possibly is his work in phonetics ami old Germanic literature: Kurze hnut' iind Flrrionslehre der tiltqermnnischen Dinlel-te (3d ed. 1880); Mtxiirhsisehe vnd nitniederfriinkixehe flrninmntilc (1873): editions of Beowulf (6th ed, 1808: also a metrical trans- lation of Beowulf. 1808); of Heliand (3d ed. 1883) : and Altdeutnehlnteiyxisehe f^plelmnnnxqF- diehte des ~ehnten Jnlirhundertt (1000) ; and in antiquities: Kiinut im U'luw (1881-83) and Fiinf liiirher deiifurher UnininltPrliimer (1800-1001. the first two parts) , HEYNXIN. ft'l.'iN'. .TonANNEs (c.1425-96). A prominent theologian and humanist of the flf-