Christian Fürchtegott Gellert - Professor of Poetry - Writer of Fables - at James Boswell

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715-1769)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography Christian Fürchtegott Gellert. (1715-1769) From 1745 Privatdozent of Philosophy¹ at the University of Leipzig. In 1751 he was appointed Extraordinary Professor of Philosophy, also in Leipzig. He was one of the most popular German authors of his time, and was, according to Boswell, sometimes referred to as the Gay of Germany.² Among his most popular works are Fabeln und Erzählungen (1746-1748), Geistliche Oden und Lieder (1758) and the play Die zärtlichen Schwestern (1747). Life with James Boswell: Boswell went, on Bel's recommendation, to see Gellert on October 5, 1764 in Leipzig. Boswell found him basically a good creature, but much overrated. He described him as a poor, sickly creature, and a poor mind, with hardly any science who had a tolerable fancy and a knack of versifying, which has pleased the German ladies and got him a mushroom reputation. Literature: A large selection of Gellert's works is usually available via the Abebooks used books search engine, some of them in English translations. Search for author "Christian Gellert". In the 1980s most of his correspondence was published in annotated editions from Walter de Gruyter - search for "C.F. Gellerts Briefwechsel" Notes: Note 1: Privatdozent - an academic title used in German-speaking countries, resembling that of an Associate Professor. Note 2: Boswell on the Grand Tour (vol 1), p. 123, referring to the English poet John Gay (1685-1732), the author of one of Boswell's favourite theatre pieces The Beggar's Opera This article was last updated at March 31 2008 16:41:09 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to Christian Fürchtegott Gellert: Bel, Karl A. von Qualen, Josias
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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715-1769)

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Biography

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert. (1715-1769)

From 1745 Privatdozent of Philosophy¹ at the University of Leipzig. In 1751 he was appointed Extraordinary Professor of Philosophy, also in Leipzig.

He was one of the most popular German authors of his time, and was, according to Boswell, sometimes referred to as the Gay of Germany.² Among his most popular works are Fabeln und Erzählungen (1746-1748), Geistliche Oden und Lieder (1758) and the play Die zärtlichen Schwestern (1747).

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell went, on Bel's recommendation, to see Gellert on October 5, 1764 in Leipzig. Boswell found him basically a good creature, but much overrated. He described him as a poor, sickly creature, and a poor mind, with hardly any science who had a tolerable fancy and a knack of versifying, which has pleased the German ladies and got him a mushroom reputation.

Literature:

A large selection of Gellert's works is usually available via the Abebooks used books search engine, some of them in English translations. Search for author "Christian Gellert". In the 1980s most of his correspondence was published in annotated editions from Walter de Gruyter - search for "C.F. Gellerts Briefwechsel"

Notes:

Note 1: Privatdozent - an academic title used in German-speaking countries, resembling that of an Associate Professor.

Note 2: Boswell on the Grand Tour (vol 1), p. 123, referring to the English poet John Gay (1685-1732), the author of one of Boswell's favourite theatre pieces The Beggar's Opera

This article was last updated at March 31 2008 16:41:09 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to Christian Fürchtegott Gellert:

Bel, Karl A.
von Qualen, Josias

© 2004-2008 Thomas Frandzen. Read About this site for further info and disclaimer.

Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.