Karl Eduard von Napiersky

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat, and from 1814 onward, served as a pastor in the municipality of Neu-Pebalg.

In 1851 he became a member of the newly established censorship committee in Riga.

[1] He was an early member of the Lettisch-Litterärischen Gesellschaft (1827) and one of the founders of the Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde der Ostseeprovinzen Rußlands (1833/34).

[1] With Johann Friedrich von Recke, he published a four volume encyclopedia of Livonia, Estonia and Courland, titled Allgemeines Schriftsteller- und Gelehrten-Lexikon der provinzen Livland, Esthland und Kurland (1827–1832).

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