Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737-1823)


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Name (English): Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg
Short name: Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg
Year of birth: 1737
Year of death: 1823
Short Description: "Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (3 January 1737 – 1 November 1823) was a German poet and critic.

Gerstenberg was born in Tønder, Denmark. After attending school in Husum and at the Christianeum Hamburg, and studying law at the University of Jena (1757-1759), he entered 1760 the Danish military service and took later part in the Russian campaign of 1762. He spent the next twelve years in Copenhagen, where he was intimate with Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. His military period ends in the year 1771. Von Gerstenberg was a Danish deputy in a German Chamber and was an assessor in the Commercial Deputation up to 1775." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
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[Last update: 2020/02/11]