BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

GoTTFRiED AuGUST BÛRGER was born at Molmerswend in Germany in 1747. His father was a clergyman. He studied law at Gottingen, and became docent and subsequently professer at the University. His life, in part as the resuit of his own indiscrétions, was unhappy, and at times even misérable. He was the author of numerous ballads, songs and sonnets. He died at Gottingen in 1794.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born at Frankfort-onthe-Main, August 28, 1749. His name is the greatest in German literature. Faust, his masterpiece, is in reality an epitome of his life. In its composition he was engaged nearly sixty years. Goethe died at Weimar, March 22, 1832.

Heinrich Heine was born at Dûsseldorf in Prussia in 1799. He was a celebrated lyric poet and critic of Hebrew descent. He was enabled through the assistance of his uncle, Solomon Heine, to study jurisprudence at Bonn, Berlin and Gottingen. After 1831 he lived in Paris, where he died in 1856.

Frederich Gottlieb Klopstock was born at Quedlinburg in Prussia in 1724 and died at Hamburg in 1803. His greatest work is the Messiah.

Karl Theodor Kôrner was born in 1791, at Dresden. He studied at Freiberg and Leipsic, served in Lùtzow's corps against Napoléon, and died in battle August 26, 1813. He wrote taies and dramas as well as short poems.

Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel was born in 1736 at Kolmar in Alsatia. He studied law at the University of Halle, became blind, and returned to his native city, where he founded a private school and was made président of the Protestant Consistory. He died in 1809.

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Jean Paul Frederick Richter was born at Wunsiedel in Bavaria in 1763, and died in 1825. He is best known as a writer under his pseudonym, Jean Paul.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was born at Marbach, Wurtemberg, in 1759. He studied jurisprudence, but afterwards exchanged the study of law for that of medicine. His literary career began in 1781. In 1794 was begun the intimate association with Goethe which had such a marked influence upon both poets. Schiller died at Weimar in 1805.

Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart was born at Obersontheim in Swabia in 1739. He studied theology, but afterwards supported himself as organist, teacher of music and editor of the " Deutsche Chronik." Having given offence to the Duke of Wurtemberg, he was imprisoned without trial for ten years. He died in 1791.

Christoph August Tiedge was born at Gardelegen in Prussia in 1752. He died at Dresden in 1841. His chief work is the lyrico-didactic poem Urania.