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Thümmel, Moritz August von, 1738-1817

LC control no.no 95057623
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPT2534.T9
Personal name headingThümmel, Moritz August von, 1738-1817
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Variant(s)Von Thümmel, Moritz August, 1738-1817
Associated countryGermany
LocatedCoburg, Germany
Birth date17380527
Death date18171026
Place of birthSchönefeld, Leipzig, Germany
Place of deathCoburg, Germany
Field of activityFiction--Authorship
Profession or occupationAuthors
Found inReise in die mittaglichen Provinzen von Frankreich, 1990: t.p. (Moritz August von Thümmel)
OCLC, 11/21/95 (hdg. Thümmel, Moritz August von, 1738-1817)
German Wikipedia, Jun. 28, 2013: "Moritz August von Thümmel" (Moritz August von Thümmel; born May 27, 1738, Rittergut Schönefeld bei Leipzig (Schönefeld Manor, Leipzig) ; died Oct. 26, 1817, Coburg; German author; a student of the Klosterschule Rossleben and studied at U. Leipzig; appointed chamberlain (Kammerjunker) to crown prince Ernst Friedrich in 1761, 1768 privy counselor and Coburg minister, he retired from public duties in 1782 and devoted himself to writing; noted as the best German novel writer of his time, his fame was of short duration after his death, until rediscovered by some publishers in the early 20th cent.)
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