Otto Ludwig: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born	February 12, 1813 • Germany
Died	February 25, 1865 (aged 52) • Dresden • Germany
Notable Works	“Between Heaven and Earth” • “The Cheerful Ones and Their Opposites”
Subjects Of Study	Poetic Realism • William Shakespeare

Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin

Ludwig Tieck

German writer

default image

Johann Elias Schlegel

German author and critic

Lamb, Mary Ann; Lamb, Charles

Charles Lamb

British author

Schlegel, August Wilhelm von

August Wilhelm von Schlegel

German scholar and critic

Christoph Martin Wieland.

Christoph Martin Wieland

German poet

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

Harley Granville-Barker, detail of an oil painting by Jacques-Emile Blanche, 1930; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Harley Granville-Barker

British author and producer

Vajiravudh

Vajiravudh

king of Siam

default image

Delia Salter Bacon

American author

default image

Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

Ethiopian author

default image

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

Mary Ann Lamb, detail of an oil painting by Francis Stephen Cary, 1834; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Mary Ann Lamb

British author

default image

Nahum Tate

English writer

default image

Mihály Babits

Hungarian author

default image

Alexander Dyce

Scottish editor

default image

Friedrich Ludwig Schröder

German actor and theatrical manager

default image

Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt

German writer and translator

default image

Eduard Devrient

German actor

default image

Ludwig Dessoir

German actor

default image

Helen Archibald Clarke

American writer and editor