Gottfried Wilhelm Becker

Gottfried Wilhelm Becker (born in Leipzig, February 22, 1778; died there, January 17, 1854) was a German physician and writer.

Biography

He translated some of Cooper's novels, and Le mie prigioni of Silvio Pellico. By his literary labors he accumulated $40,000. His son Karl Ferdinand, an organist and writer on musical topics, added a house worth $7,000 to this sum, and the whole was dedicated to the establishment of an educational and charitable institution for the blind at Leipzig.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Becker, Gottfried Wilhelm". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.

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Name	Becker, Gottfried Wilhelm
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Date of birth	February 22, 1778
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Date of death	January 17, 1854
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