Johann Gottfried Schweighäuser

At the age of 13 he began his studies of philosophy at the University of Strasbourg.

In 1792 he volunteered with the French armed forces, subsequently being involved in a number of war-related events in the Palatinate.

After his discharge from military service, he relocated to Paris, where in 1799, he was for a short period of time, a tutor in the home of Wilhelm von Humboldt.

[1] According to Paul Louis Courier,[2] his father sent him to England to collate a manuscript for his edition of Athenaeus.

[1][3] In 1822 he became a correspondent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.