Andreas Felix von Oefele

Andreas Felix von Oefele (born May 17, 1706 in Munich, died February 17, 1780 in Munich) was a German historian and librarian.

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Son of a Munich innkeeper, he attended the Jesuit secondary school "Wilhelmsgymnasium" and continued his studies of Law, history and theology at the uniersities of Ingolstadt and L?wen. In 1723, he began his 10 volume work "Lebensgeschichten der gelehrtesten M?nner Bayerns" (Life stories of the most learned men of Bavaria). In 1727, he became librarian of the German national Library in L?wen, in 1734, he was appointed educator of the Bavarian Princes Clemens und Max, sons of Prince Ferdinand Maria.

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When in 1746 the Bavarian Chancellor Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl had to give up control of the court library and the Secret Archives, Oefele was created head of the Court and State Library as "Electoral Councillor, Bibliothecarius and Antiquarius" by Elector Max III. Joseph. This office he relinquished only in 1778, when he had to retire for health reasons. In 1759, he was appointed member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

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