Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke, was a German author and reformer. Born at Magdeburg, Germany, he was educated at the monasterial (Kloster) school and at the Altstädter Gymnasium there. He spent some time as playwright with a company of strolling actors, but afterwards studied philosophy, theology and history at the University of Frankfurt (Oder), where in 1792 he established himself as a Privatdozent. He created a sensation by the extravagant novel, "Abällino, … Wikipedia
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