HARDT

hardt, hermann von der (1660-1746), german historian and orientalist, was born at melle, in westphalia, on the 15th of november 1660. he studied oriental languages in jena and in leipzig, and in 1690 he was called to the chair of oriental languages at helmstedt. he resigned his position in 1727, but lived at helmstedt until his death on the 28th of february 1746. among his numerous writings the following deserve mention: _autographa lutheri aliorumque celebrium virorum, ab anno 1517 ad annum 1546_, _reformationis aetatem et historiam egregie illustrantia_ (1690-1691); _magnum oecumenicum constantiense concilium_ (1697-1700); _hebraeae linguae fundamenta_ (1694); _syriacae linguae fundamenta_ (1694); _elementa chaldaica_ (1693); _historia litteraria reformationis_ (1717); _enigmata prisci orbis_ (1723). hardt left in manuscript a history of the reformation which is preserved in the helmstedt juleum. see f. lamey, _hermann von der hardt in seinen briefen_ (karlsruhe, 1891).