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French, German, Latin, Spanish
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Caroline Schelling (1796-1803)
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Johann Adolf Schlegel, Johanna Christiane Erdmuthe Schlegel
Education
University of Göttingen
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♍ Virgo
Chinese Zodiac
猪 Pig
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English < Latin < Proto-Italic (*augostos)
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August Wilhelm Schlegel: German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845).
Born in Hanover (died at age 77).
Recipient of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order.
Studied at University of Göttingen.
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Biography
August Wilhelm von Schlegel was a German scholar, critic, Orientalist, Indologist, translator and poet. With his brother Friedrich Schlegel, he was a leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics.
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August Wilhelm Schlegel was born in Hanover.
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