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Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder, detail of an oil painting by Gerhard von Kügelgen, 1808; in the Library of Tartu State University, Estonia.
Johann Gottfried von Herder was born on August 25, 1744, in Mohrungen, East Prussia (now Morąg, Poland).1