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JOHANN See also:JOACHIM See also:ESCHENBURG (1743–1820)
, See also:German critic and See also:literary historian, was See also:born at See also:Hamburg on the 7th of See also:December 1743
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After receiving his' See also:early See also:education in his native See also:town, he studied at See also:Leipzig and See also:Gottingen
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In 1767 he was appointed See also:tutor, and subsequently See also:professor, at the Collegium Carolinum in See also:Brunswick
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The See also:title of " Hofrat " was conferred on him in 1786, and in 1814 he was made one of the See also:directors of the Carolinum
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He is best known by his efforts to familiarize his countrymen with See also:English literature
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He published a See also:series of German See also:translations of the See also:principal English writers on See also:aesthetics, such as J
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See also: Most of these works have passed through several See also:editions . Eschenburg was also a poet of some pretensions, and some of his religious See also:hymns, e.g . Ich will See also:dick noch See also:im See also:Tod erheben and See also:Dir See also:trau' ich, Gott, and wanke nicht, are contained in many hymnals to this See also:day . |
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