b. 21 December 1748. d. 1 September 1776. Nationality: German. VIAF.
Poet, theologian, and translator. Studied at Göttingen University. Translated Richard
Hurd’s *Dialogues* (1775) and the first part of Shaftesbury’s *Works* (1776-79). Author
of *Gedichte* (1783), posthumously published. Some of his poems were set to music
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Biographical information: *DLB*. (DD)