(Peter), born at Hamburg in 1628, was one of the most learned men of his time. He went very young to study in foreign countries, at the expense of his uncle the learned Holtensius. He was chosen professor of history at Hamburg in 1652, and rector of the college of that city in 1660. He had taken his degree of doctor of law in France before. He suffered a thousand vexations in his own country; because his enemies charged him with atheism, and censured his writings bitterly. He married a rich lady, but who was so very covetous, that he left her in disgust within a fortnight. He went to Vienna, and from thence to Rome, where he publicly professed the Catholic religion. He returned to Vienna in 1662, where he was kindly received by the emperor, who appointed him his public library-keeper, and afterwards his principal librarian, with the title of counsellor and historiographer; in which employment he continued till his death, and gained a great reputation by the works he published, viz. 1. An Essay on Aulus Gellius. 2. The Antiquities of Hamburg. 3. Remarks on Codinus's Antiquities of Constantinople, &c.

LAMBERT of Aschaffenburg, a Benedictine monk, in the 11th century, wrote several works; among which is a history of Germany, from the year 1050 to 1077, which is esteemed.