Caspar Abel (14 July 1676, Hindenburg in der Altmark - 11 January 1763, Westdorf ) was a German theologian, historian and poet.

Abel was son of a preacher and gained his theological education in Braunschweig and Helmstedt. In 1696 he became rector in Osterburg , in 1698 at the Johannisschule in Halberstadt. In 1718 he became preacher in Westdorf near Aschersleben where he died in 1763.

Note: From 1748 to 1764 he was assisted by Johann Gottfried Bürger, the father of poet Gottfried August Bürger.

Publications

• historical works:

• Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und Staatshistorie, 1710, 2 volumes, 8°
• Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und Staatsgeographie, 1711, 2 volumes, 8°, additions in 1747.
• Deutsche und Sächsische Altertümer, 1729-32, 3 volumes, 8°
• Stift-, Stadt- und Landchronica des Fürstenthums Halberstadt, 1745, 4°

• poems:

• Jubelfest des Brandenburgischen Unterthanen, 1700
• Abbildung eines rechtschaffenen Predigers, 1710

• translations:

• Ovid's Heroids, 1704, 1723
• Boileau's satires, 1729-32, 2 volumes

Sources

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version