Johann Georg August Galletti, a German historian and geographer, born in Altenburg, Aug. 19, 1750, died in Gotha, March 16, 1828. He was a professor at the gymnasium of Gotha from 1783 to 1819, and published several manuals of history. Among his larger works are Kleine Weltgeschichte (27 vols., Gotha, 1787-1819), and Allgemeine Welfkunde (Leipsic, 1807; 12th ed., Pesth, 1859-'61).