▁( 1 7 4 7 - 1 7 7 2 ) ▁was ▁a ▁notable ▁scholar ▁who ▁died ▁shortly ▁after ▁comple ting ▁his ▁education . ▁▁ ▁Johann ▁Christoph ▁Nag el ▁died ▁shortly ▁after ▁comple ting ▁his ▁education . ▁▁ ▁Michael ▁Christoph ▁Nag el ▁died ▁shortly ▁after ▁comple ting ▁his ▁education . ▁▁ ▁Johann ▁Bar th ol om ä us ▁Nag el ▁was ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁Luther an ▁past or ▁in ▁H ers b ruck ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 6 . ▁▁ ▁Urs ula ▁Jacob ina ▁Nag el ▁married ▁the ▁historian ▁Kon rad ▁Mann ert ▁( 1 7 5 6 - 1 8 3 4 ). ▁▁ ▁Johann ▁Bern hard ▁Nag el , ▁worked ▁in ▁W inds heim . ▁ ▁E valu ation ▁Heinrich ▁D ör ing ▁describes ▁Nag el ▁as ▁a ▁mod est ▁and ▁un ass uming ▁man , ▁with ▁a ▁learning ▁that ▁was ▁both ▁deep ▁and ▁broad . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁out standing ▁orient al ist , ▁but ▁was ▁also ▁at ▁home ▁with ▁Latin ▁and ▁Greek ▁literature , ▁with ▁philosophy ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁arts . ▁ ▁Several ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁identified ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁German ▁phil ologist , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁German ▁orient al ists . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁there ▁were ▁colle agues ▁who ▁believed ▁he ▁could ▁have ▁achieved ▁far ▁more ▁if ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁more ▁assert ive . ▁His ▁many ▁written ▁works ▁display ▁a ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁skill ▁with ▁the ▁Latin ▁language . ▁He ▁mostly ▁wrote ▁dis sert ations . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁works ▁with ▁middle