Johann Heinrich Merck: Quick Facts


Facts

Born April 11, 1741 • Darmstadt • Germany
Died June 27, 1791 (aged 50) • Darmstadt • Germany
Founder “Frankfurter Gelehrte Anzeigen”
Subjects Of Study German literature • Sturm und Drang

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Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.
Friedrich Schiller
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German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing
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Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder
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Schlegel, August Wilhelm von
August Wilhelm von Schlegel
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Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin
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Friedrich Nicolai, oil painting by A. Graff.
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Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
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Theodor Fontane, from a German postage stamp.
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Wilhelm Müller
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Otto Ludwig
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