Johann Christian August Heyse (1764–1829) was a German grammarian and lexicographer, born at Nordhausen and educated at Göttingen. He taught at Oldenburg, Nordhausen, and Magdeburg. He wrote:
- Allgemeines Fremdwörterbuch (seventeenth edition, 1892)
- Deutsche Schulgrammatik, under the new title, Deutsche Grammatik (twenty-sixth edition by Lyon, 1900)
- Leitfaden zum Unterricht in der deutschen Sprache (twenty-seventh edition, 1904)
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| Name | Heyse, Johann Christian August |
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| Date of birth | 1764 |
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| Date of death | 1829 |
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