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Origin of the name LEONHARD.
Etymology of the
name LEONHARD.
Meaning of the baby name LEONHARD.
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LEONHARD.
Old German name
meaning "the stern lion" or "strong as a lion." (History
of Christian Names, Yonge, 1884)
Frisch, (Johann Leonhard,)
a German philologist and naturalist, born at Sulzbach in 1666. He
settled in Berlin about 1700, and was admitted into the Academy of
Sciences in 1706. He was afterwards rector of a gymnasium in
Berlin, and displayed great erudition in numerous works. His
"German-Latin Dictionary" (1741) was the most complete and
learned that had appeared in Germany. He wrote a good
"Description of all the Insects of Germany," (13 parts,
1720-38,) and a work on German Ornithology, (1735-65.) Died in
1743. (Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biographay and Mythology,
Thomas, 1870)
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