Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer

Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer

Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer (born 30 January 1719 in Wurzen; died 7 July 1783 in Halberstadt) was a German fabulist.

Biography

His father of the same name was a jurist. The younger Lichtwer studied law at Leipzig and Wittenberg. His chief work is to be found in the Vier Bücher Aesopischer Fabeln (Four books of fables in the manner of Aesop; 1748). There is a collection of his Schriften (Writings; 1828) edited by Ernst Ludwig von Pott (Lichtwer's grandson) and Friedrich Cramer which contains a biography.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Lichtwer, Magnus Gottfried". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. This source reports him being Canon of Saint Mauritius which neither German Wikipedia nor ADB nor NDB have any mention. NDB reports his date of death as 1788 rather than 1783.
Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer article on German Wikipedia (visited June 19, 2011)

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Name	Lichtwer, Magnus Gottfried
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Date of birth	30 January 1719
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Date of death	7 July 1783
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