JOHANN See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

PETER See also:

• JOHANN PETER ECKERMANN (1792—1854)

ECKERMANN (1792—1854)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet and author, best known owing to his association with See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Winsen in See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover on the 21st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1792, of humble parentage, and was brought up in penury and privation . After serving as a volunteer in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of Liberation (1813—1814), he obtained a secretarial See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment under the war See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department at Hanover . In 1817, although twenty-five years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, he was enabled to attend the gymnasium of Hanover and afterwardsthe university of See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, which, however, after one See also:

• YEAR

year's See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence as a student of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, he See also:

• LEFT

left in 1822 . His acquaintance with Goethe began in the following year, when he sent to him the See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript of his Beitrage zur Poesie (1823) . Soon afterwards he went to See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, where he supported himself as a private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor . For several years he also instructed the son of the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke . In 1830 he travelled in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy with Goethe's son . In 1838 he was given the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of grand-ducal councillor and appointed librarian to the grand-duchess . See also:

• ECKERMANN, JOHANN PETER (1792—1854)

Eckermann is chiefly remembered for his important contributions to the knowledge of the See also:

• GREAT

great poet contained in his Conversations with Goethe (1836-1848) . To Eckermann Goethe entrusted the publication of his Nachgelassene Schriften (See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous See also:

• WORKS

works) (1832-1833) . He was also See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-editor with See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer (1774-1845) of the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition of Goethe's works in 4o vols . (1839-1840) .

He died at Weimar on the 3rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1854 . Eckermann's Gesprache mit Goethe (vols: i. and ii . 1836; vol. iii . 1848; 7th ed., See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1899; best edition by L . Geiger, Leipzig, 1902) have been translated into almost all the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, not excepting See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish . (See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations by See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller, See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1839, and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• OXENFORD, JOHN (1812—1877)

Oxenford, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1850.) Besides this See also:

• WORK

work and the Beitrage zur Poesie, Eckermann published a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of poems (Gedichte, 1838), which are of little value . See J . P . Ethermanns Nachlass, herausgegeben von F . Tewes, vol. i . (1905), and an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by R . M .

See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer in the Goethe-Jahrbuch, xvii . (1896) .