https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-August-Eberhard
Johann August Eberhard, (born Aug. 31, 1739, Halberstadt, Brandenburg [Germany]—died Jan. 6, 1809, Halle, Westphalia), German philosopher and lexicographer who defended the views of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz against those of Immanuel Kant and compiled a dictionary of the German language that remained in use for a century. After studying theology at the University …