Johann David Michaelis[7] (1717 – 1791), first chair of the department of Oriental Studies and Biblical Sciences[8] Johann Christoph Gatterer[7] (1727 – 1799) Christian Gottlob Heyne[7] (1729 – 1812) August Ludwig von Schlözer[7] (1735 – 1809) Christoph Meiners[7] (1747 – 1810) Johann Gottfried Eichhorn[4] (1752 – 1827), second chair of the department of Oriental Studies and Biblical Sciences[8] Ludwig Timotheus Spittler[7] (1752 – 1810) Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752 – 1840) Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren[7] (1760 – 1842)