Johann Uz

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Johann Uz.

Johann Peter Uz (October 3, 1720 – May 12, 1796), German poet, was born at Ansbach.

He studied law in 1739-43 at the university of Halle, where he associated with the poets Johann Gleim and Johann Nikolaus Götz, and in conjunction with the latter translated the odes of Anacreon (1746).

In 1748 Uz was appointed unpaid secretary to the Justizcollegium, an office he held for twelve years; in 1763 he became assessor to the imperial court of justice at Nuremberg, in 1790 was made a judge.

A monument to Uz stands in the Ansbach Court Garden. It was near this monument, in 1833, that Kaspar Hauser was murdered.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 22405896 LCCN: n86844980 ISNI: 0000 0000 8101 6370 GND: 118625756 BNF: cb14806099f

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Name	Uz, Johann Peter
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Short description	German poet
Date of birth	October 3, 1720
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Date of death	May 12, 1796
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