CARPZOV, a Saxon family descended from Simon Carpzov, burgomaster of Bran denburg about the middle of the 16th century. Ile left two sons—Benedict and Simon. BENEDICT, 1565-1634, was a jurist and professor of law at Wittenberg; and in 1602, chan cellor to Sophia. electress of Saxony. lle died at Wittenberg, leaving five sons. JOACHIM, the eldest son of the burgomaster, reached a high position in the Danish army. BENEDICT, the second of the five, 1595-1666, was a professor at Leipsic, ordinary of the faculty of jurists at the same university, and in 1653, privy councilor at Dresden. He published several works which had numb influence in the administration of justice. His later years were spent in religious study. AUGUST, 1612-83, his brother and the fourth son of the first Benedict, was distinguished as a diplomatist, was chancellor of the consistory a Coburg, and at the time a' his death a privy councilor at Gotha. He was a man of
piety, and the author of several devotional works. JOHA.NN BENEnter, 1607-57, fifth son of the first Benedict, was professor of 'theology at Leipsic, and the author of a system of theology and other works of that nature. lie also left five sons, all of whom obtained conspicuous reputation. One of the five was JOHANN GOTLOB, 1679-1767, who became an eminent theologian and professor of oriental languages at Leipsic. lie wrote an introduction to the canonical books of the Old Testament, and a Critica Sacra Veteris Teetimenti. JOHANN BENEDICT, grandson of the first Johann Benedict, 1720-1803, was professor of philosophy at Leipsie, and professor of poetry and Greek at IIelmstadt, and professor of theology. lie wrote many philological works, and ended his life as an abbot.