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(Tuesday)
Died
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Languages
German
Spouse
Dorothea von Schlegel (1799)
Parents
Johann Adolf Schlegel, Johanna Christiane Erdmuthe Schlegel
Education
University of Göttingen
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♓ Pisces
Chinese Zodiac
龙 Dragon
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Friedrich Schlegel: German poet, critic and scholar, editor.
Born in Hanover (died at age 56).
Recipient of the Supreme Order of Christ.
Studied at University of Göttingen.
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Supreme Order of Christ
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Biography
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel was a German literary critic, philosopher, and Indologist. With his older brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, he was one of the main figures of Jena Romanticism.
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Friedrich Schlegel was born in Hanover.
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