DANIEL GEORGE, a learned German philologist, was the son of a notary, and was born at Wismar, in the duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in 1639. From the academy of Stettin he removed in 1657 to the university of Rostock to study law. His attention, however, was also given to elegant literature, and his Latin and German verses introduced him to public notice. He was in consequence appointed professor of poetry at Rostock in 1660; and after visiting the universities of Holland and England, he commenced his new duties in the following year. His zeal as a teacher, his extensive scholarship, and his poetical talents, in a short time led to his further promotion. In 1665 he was chosen professor of eloquence and poetry in the newly-founded university of Kiel. This chair was exchanged in 1673 for that of history. The office of librarian to the university was added in 1680, and was peculiarly acceptable to so eager a student and so voluminous an author. Morhof fell into a dangerous malady in 1690, and died in 1691 at Lübeck, on his way back from the mineral waters of Pyrmont. Of his numerous works the only one that is still valued is his survey of universal literature, under the title of Polyhistor Literarius, Philosophicus, et Practicus. The best edition is that of Albert Fabricius, 2 vols. 4to, Lübeck, 1747.