right|thumb|jean geoffroy schweighaeuser johann gottfried schweighÃ¤user () (2 january 1776, strasbourg &ndash;14 march 1844) was a french philologist and archaeologist. he was the son of classicist johann schweighÃ¤user. 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.adb: schweighauser, gottfried @ allgemeine deutsche biographie according to paul louis courier,p. l. courier, oevres completes, pleiade, paris, 1964 his father sent him to england to collate a manuscript for his edition of athenaeus. in 1812 he became a professor at the protestant seminary in strasbourg, and three years later succeeded his father as librarian at the munincipal and seminary libraries. in 1824 he took over his father's chair at the university of strasbourg.prosopo sociÃ©tÃ©s savantes de france in 1822 he became a correspondent member of the acadÃ©mie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. == published works == he was joint-author with philippe de golbÃ©ry of antiquitÃ©s de l'alsace (1828).oclc worldcat antiquitÃ©s de l'alsace other noted works by schweighÃ¤user include: * notice sur la vie et les travaux littÃ©raires de m. brunck, 1803 &ndash; on the life and literary work of richard franÃ§ois philippe brunck. * les monumens antiques du musÃ©e napolÃ©on (with tommaso piroli, louis-charles franÃ§ois petit-radel) 1804 &ndash; ancient monuments at the musÃ©e napolÃ©on. * notice sur un passage de simplicius dÃ©couvert par le citoyen schweighaeuser &ndash; on a passage of simplicius discovered by schweighaeuser. * stances pour une fÃªte religieuse de la paix, suivies de rÃ©citations religieuses et patriotiques et d'un hymne au dieu de la lumiÃ¨re, paris : maugeret, 1814. * discours sur les services que les grecs ont rendus Ã  la civilisation, 1821. * mÃ©moire sur les antiquitÃ©s romaines de la ville de strasbourg, 1822 &ndash; on roman antiquities in the city of strasbourg. * notice sur les anciens chÃ¢teaux et autres monumens remarquables de la partie mÃ©ridionale du dÃ©partement du bas-rhin, strasbourg : impr. de f.g. levrault, 1824. * histoire de l'invention de l'imprimerie, pour servir de dÃ©fense Ã  la ville de strasbourg contre les prÃ©tentions 
1776_births 1844_deaths French_archaeologists French_classical_scholars French_philologists People_from_Strasbourg University_of_Strasbourg_faculty