Gottfried von Strassburg

Gottfried von Strassburg

male, deceased (1210)
Gottfried von Strassburg (died c. 1210) is the author of the Middle High German courtly romance "Tristan", which is regarded, alongside Wolfram von...

Alberich

male
Alberich was a legendary sorcerer who originated in the mythology or epic sagas of the Frankish Merovingian Dynasty of the 5th to 8th century AD,...
Burton Raffel

Burton Raffel

male, 81 years old
Burton Raffel is a translator, a poet and a teacher. He has translated many poems, including the Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf", poems by Horace, and...
Johann Jakob Bodmer

Johann Jakob Bodmer

male, deceased (1783)
Johann Jakob Bodmer was a Swiss-German author and critic. Born at Greifensee, near Zürich, and first studying theology and then trying a c...
Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen

Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen

male, deceased (1856)
Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (February 19, 1780 - June 11, 1856), was a German philologist, chiefly distinguished for his researches in Old...

Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

male, deceased (1843)
Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué, was a German writer of the romantic movement. He was born at Brandenburg. His grandfather had b...
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

male, deceased (1872)
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (march 26 1794 - May 24 1872) was a German painter
Karl Joseph Simrock

Karl Joseph Simrock

male, deceased (1876)
Karl Joseph Simrock (August 28, 1802 - July 18, 1876), was a German poet and writer. He was born in Bonn, where his father was a music publisher....

Gundomar I

male, deceased (411)
Gundomar I (also Gundimar, Godomar, or Godemar) was eldest son and successor of Gebicca, King of the Burgundians. He succeeded his father in 406 or...
Moritz Haupt

Moritz Haupt

male, deceased (1874)
Moritz Haupt (July 27, 1808 - February 5, 1874), was a German philologist. He was born at Zittau, in Lusatia. His early education was mainly...