JOHANN GEORG, was born in 1743 at Eyrichshof, near Bamberg in Bavaria. After having received his education at Coburg, he went to the university of Göttingen, where he was appointed a member of the historical institute and of the philological seminary. Professor Klotz being appointed to a chair in Halle, invited Meusel thither, and there he remained till he obtained the chair of history at Erfurt in 1769. In 1780 he was appointed to the same chair in Erlangen, where he remained till his death in 1820. He is chiefly famous for his industry and accuracy in the collection of facts; but his histories are rather inferior productions, as he seems to have been oppressed with the weight of his extensive learning and the vast amount of his materials. His principal works are,—Gelehrtes Deutschland, Lemgo, 1796–1806, in 12 volumes; Lexicon der von 1750–1800 Verstorbenen Schriftsteller, Leipzig, 1812–1816, in 15 volumes; Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Europäischen Staaten Historie, Leipzig, 1816; Literatur der Statistik, Leipzig, 1806–7, in 2 volumes; and Lehrbuch der Statistik, Leipzig, 1805.