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Johann Matthias Gesner ( 9 April 1691 - 3 August 1761 ), was a German Classical Scholar and Schoolmaster . He was born at Roth An Der Rednitz near Ansbach . He studied at the University Of Jena , and in 1714 published a work on the ''Philopatiis'' ascribed to Lucian . In 1715 he became Librarian and vice-principal at Weimar, Germany , where he became good friends with Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach later dedicated his ''Canon a 2 perpetuus'' BWV 1075 to Gesner), in 1729 rector of the gymnasium at Ansbach, and in 1730 rector of the Thomas School at Leipzig . On the foundation of the University Of Göttingen he became professor of Rhetoric ( 1734 ) and subsequently librarian. He died at Göttingen . His special merit lies in the attention he devoted to the explanation and illustration of the subject matter of the classical authors. WORKS
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