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HEINRICH See also:CHRISTIAN See also:BOIE (1744-1806)
, See also:German author, was See also:born at Meldorf in the then Danish See also:province of See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein on the 19th of See also:July 1744
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After studying See also:law at See also:Jena, he went in 1769 to See also:Gottingen, where he became one of the leading See also:spirits in the Gottingen " Dichterbund " or " Hain." See also:Boie's poetical See also:talent was not See also:great, but his thorough knowledge of literaturg, his excellent See also:taste and See also:sound See also:judgment, made him an ideal See also:person to awake the poetical See also:genius of others
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Together with F
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See also:Gotter (q.v.) he founded in 1770 the Gottingen Musenalmanach, which he directed and edited until 1775, when, in See also:conjunction with C
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W. von Dohn'i (1751-1$20), he brought out Das deutsche Museum, which became one of the best See also:literary See also:periodicals of the See also:day
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In 1776 Boie became secretary to the See also:commander-in-See also:chief at See also:Hanover, and in 1781 was appointed See also:administrator of the province of Siiderditmarschen in Holstein
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He died at Meldorf on the 3rd of See also: |
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