DEPPING, GEORGE BERNARD, was born at 3Iiinster, May 11, 1731. Having completed his educational course; he visited Paris in 1503. when, forming acquaintances there, and observing the facilities which the city afforded for the prosecution of literary studies, he determined to make it his permanent residence. The rest of his life was spent there in the uneventful career of a busy litt6rateur. He was naturalised in 1S27.
For many years M. Dapping mainly occupied himself iu preparing juvenile and popular works chiefly on geographical subjects, iu trans lating, and iu writing for magazines and encyclopedias. His first important original work was one written for a prize offered by the Institute on the' Exp6ditions Maritime des Normandy en France au Disieme Siecle: It won the prize, was printed in 1326, and revised in 1844 : it is a work of sterling value, and contains the fruits of extensive researches in Scandinavian literature. A more important work, for which this had prepared the way, was his 'Ilistoire do Is Normandie,' from the Conqueror to the re-union of Normandy with France (1066 to 1201), 2 vols. Svo, 1335. Among his other more important works may be named—' Histoiro du Commerce entro Is Levaut et l'Europe, depnia les Croiaades jusqu' it la Fondation des Colonies d'Amerique; 2 vole. 8vo, Paris, 1830; 'Les Juifs dans lo
Moyen Age, mai historique sur leer Etat Civil, Commercial, et Litt6raire; Svo, 1340; ' Reglementa sur lea Arts et M6ticra, i6dig6s au Triezierne Si8cle, et connus eons to nom de Livre des DI6tiere (UP:sienna Boileau,' Sc., 4to, 1837 ; Geschichte dos Kriegs der Miinsterer and Killuer . . . 1672.1674,' Svo, Mfinster, 1840: ' Correspoudance Administrative sous le Ittsgno de Louis XIV.' (forming vols. i. to iii. of the 'Collection den Documents Luddite do Illistoire do France'), 4to, 1350-53; Romancer° Castellano; 1 voL lane, Paris, 1817, and, greatly enlarged, 2 vole. 12mo, Leipzig, 1844. Some of the above works have been translated Into German and Dotch, while several of his juvenile works have been translated into most of the European languages. M. Dapping wrote many of the more important articles in the ' Biographic Universelle," L'Art do V6rifier lea Dates,' etc. He died at Paris, September 5, 1853.