Heinrich Christian Boie

Heinrich Christian Boie (born July 19, 1744, Meldorf, Holstein—died March 3, 1806, Meldorf) was a German poet and editor, chiefly noted as a founder of literary periodicals. Boie studied theology and law at the University of Jena; afterward, with Friedrich Gotter, he published in 1770 the first issue of the journal Göttinger Musenalmanach. Boie and Christian von Dohm later founded the Deutsches Museum (1776; in 1789 renamed Neues Deutsches Museum). In 1776 Boie began a...