HEYNE, ClInISTIAN CorrLou (1729 1812). A Celia:14i classical scholar, born at Chemnitz, in I !per Saxony, September 25. 1729. llis father was a pour weaver. The pastor of Chem nitz, himself very had Ileyne educated at a school ill the suburbs, and afterwards ,cut him to the University of Leipzig, where he suf fered from extreme poverty. I n 175:3 he oh• raised a situation as copyist in the Li brary at Dresden. ‘Vhile in this office, lie pre pared his edition of 7'rh1///us, which appeared in 1755, and roused the admiration of Hulinken of Leyden. In 1750, unfortunately for Wpm, the Seven Years' \Var broke out. Frederick the Great man-lied against 1)resden, and burned, among other things, the 140111 Library, but not before lipyne had edited, from at coder there, the Enchiration of Epietetus. For some time lee led a precarious life, being often without employment and without bread. in 1701 lie married, and supported himself as best he °mild by writing for the booksellers; and in 1763 he was appointed professor of rhetoric at CiAtingen on the recom mendation of nulinken. This (dosed his period of
misfortune. 'flue rest of his long life was spent in comfort and professional activity. lie died duly 14, 1.812. The principal works of Ileyne, besides those mentioned. are his editions of Ver. gil (1767. ittli ed. 1803) : l'intlar (1774) ; .pol lution's ( 1,787 ) ; Pliny ( 1790) ; Conon and i'artir enius 11798) : and (S vols., 1!4!13; 2.1 vol. 1s111). lie published marry translations. besides some ten or twelve V0111111e, of minor Nvorks, of which six volumes were published separately under the title of ()pascal(' .lemlemira (Ordtin gen, 1785-18121: and. finally, a great many re views of books in the 1/6ifiatier (frichrie .1 II Of which lie was editor from 1770. In addition to this work. he had a seminar for the advanced study of philology and classical anti quity, from which he sent forth, in the course of his life. no fewer than 135 professors. Consult the Meld' Ileyne by his son-in-law, Ludwig pee ve') 1413), and t'arlyle's essay, On the Lif• of lleynr.