JOHANN WILHELM See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

LUDWIG See also:

• JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG GLEIM (1719-1803)

GLEIM (1719-1803)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 2nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1719 at Ermsleben, near See also:

• HALBERSTADT

Halberstadt . Having studied 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 at the university of See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle he became secretary to See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg-See also:

• SCHWEDT

Schwedt at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, where he made the acquaintance of See also:

• EWALD, GEORG HEINRICH AUGUST VON (1803-1875)
• EWALD, JOHANNES (1743-1781)

Ewald von See also:

• KLEIST, BERND HEINRICH WILHELM VON (1777-1811)
• KLEIST, EWALD CHRISTIAN VON (1715–1759)

Kleist, whose devoted friend he became . When the prince See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, See also:

• GLEIM, JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG (1719-1803)

Gleim became secretary to Prince See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold of See also:

• DESSAU

Dessau; but he soon gave up his position, not being able to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the roughness of the " Old Dessauer." After residing a few years in Berlin he was appointed, in 1747, secretary of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter at Halberstadt . " See also:

• FATHER

Father Gleim " was the See also:

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

title accorded to him throughout all See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind-hearted though inconsiderate and undiscriminating patronage alike of the poets and poetasters of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . He wrote a large number of feeble imitations of See also:

• ANACREON

Anacreon, See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace and the See also:

• MINNESINGERS (Ger. Minnesinger from Minne, love)

minnesingers, a dull didactic poem entitled Halladat See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder das rote See also:

• BUCH
• BUCH, CHRISTIAN LEOPOLD VON, BARON (1774-1853)

Buch (1774), and collections of fables and romances . Of higher merit are his Preussische Kriegslieder von einem See also:

• GRENADIER

Grenadier (1758) . These, which were inspired by the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II., are often distinguished by genuine feeling and vigorous force of expression . They are also noteworthy as being the first of that See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• POLITICAL

political songs in which later German literature is so See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich . With this exception, Gleim's writings are for the most See also:

• PART

part tamely See also:

• COMMONPLACE

commonplace in thought and expression . He died at Halberstadt on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1803 . Gleim's Samtliche Werke appeared in 7 vols. in the years 181'-1813; a reprint of the Lieder eines Grenadiers was published by A . Sauer in 1882 .

A See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good selection of Gleim's See also:

• POETRY

poetry will be found in F . Muncker, Anakreontiker and preussisch-patriotische Lyriker (1894) . See W . Korte, Gleims Leben aus seinen Briefen and Schriften (1811) . His See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with See also:

• HEINSE, JOHANN JAKOB WILHELM (1749-1803)

Heinse was published in 2 vols . (1894-1896), with Uz (1889), in both cases edited by C . Schuddekopf .