JUSTINUS ANDREAS See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

CHRISTIAN See also:

• JUSTINUS ANDREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER (1786–1862)

KERNER (1786–1862)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet and medical writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1786 at See also:

• LUDWIGSBURG

Ludwigsburg in See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg . After attending the classical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of Ludwigsburg and Maulbronn, he was apprenticed in a See also:

• CLOTH

cloth factory, but, in 1804, owing to the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good services of See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Karl Philipp Conz (1762–1827) of See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen, was enabled to enter the university there; he studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine but had also See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time for See also:

• LITERARY

literary pursuits in the See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• UHLAND, JOHANN LUDWIG (1787-1862)

Uhland, Gustav Schwab and others . He took his See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor's degree in 1808, spent some time in travel, and then settled as a practising physician in See also:

• WILDBAD

Wildbad . Here he completed his Reiseschatten von dem Schattenspieler Lucks (1811), in which his own experiences are described with See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour . He next co-operated with Uhland and Schwab in producing the Poetischer Almanach See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur 1812, which was followed by the Deutscher Dichterwald (18x3), and in these some of See also:

• KERNER, JUSTINUS ANDREAS CHRISTIAN (1786–1862)

Kerner's best poems were published . In 1815 he obtained the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of See also:

• DISTRICT

district medical officer (Oberamtsarzt) in Gaildorf, and in 1818 was transferred in it like capacity to See also:

• WEINSBERG

Weinsberg, where he spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life . His See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the site of which at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical Schloss Weibertreu was presented by the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality to their revered physician, became the See also:

• MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca of literary pilgrims . Hospitable welcome was extended to all, from the journeyman See also:

• ARTISAN, or ARTIZAN

artisan to crowned heads . Gustavus IV. of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden came thither with a knapsack on his back . The poets See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander von Wiirttembr,rg (18or–1844) and See also:

• LENAU, NIKOLAUS

Lenau (q.v.) wereconstant guests, and thither came also in 1826 Friederike Hauffe (1801-1829), the daughter of a forester in Prevorst, a somnambulist and clairvoyante, who forms the subject of Kerner's famous See also:

• WORK

work See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Seherin von Prevorst, Eroffnungen caber das inhere Leben See also:

• DES

des Menschen and caber das Hineinragen einer Geisterwelt in die unsere (1829; 6th ed., 1892) . In 1826 he published a collection of Gedichte which were later supplemented by Der letzte Bliitenstrauss (7852) and Winterbluten (1859) . Among others of his well-known poems are the charming ballad Der reichsle See also:

• FURST, JULIUS (1805-1873)

Furst; a drinking See also:

• SONG

song, Wohlauf, noch getrunken, and the pensive Wanderer in der Sagemuhle .

In addition to his literary productions, Kerner wrote some popular medical books of See also:

• GREAT

great merit, dealing with See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism, a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of sebacic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid on animal organisms, Das Fettgift See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder die Fettsdure and ihre Wirkungen auf den tierischen Organismus (1822); a description of Wildbad and its healing See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, Das Wildbad See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Konigreich Wurttemberg . (1813); while he gave a See also:

• PRETTY

pretty and vivid See also:

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

account of his youthful years in Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit (1859); and in Die Besturmung der wurttembergischen Stadt Weinsberg im Jahre 1525 (1820), showed considerable skill in historical narrative . In 1851 he was compelled, owing to increasing See also:

• BLINDNESS

blindness, to retire from his medical practice, but he lived, carefully tended by his daughters, at Weinsberg until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1862 . He was buried beside his wife, who had predeceased him in 1854, in the See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard of Weinsberg, and the See also:

• GRAVE

grave is marked by a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone slab with an inscription he himself had chosen: Friederike Kerner and ihr Justinus . Kerner was one of the most inspired poets of the Swabian school . His poeths, which largely See also:

• DEAL

deal with natural phenomena, are characterized by a deep See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy and a leaning towards the supernatural, which, however, is balanced by a See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint humour, reminiscent of the Volkslied . Kerner's Ausgewdhlte poetische Werke appeared in 2 vols . (1878) ; Samtliche poetische Werke, ed. by J . Gaismaier, 4 vols . (1905); a selection of his poems will also be found in Reclam's Universalbibliothek (1898) . 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 was edited by his son in 1897 . See also D .

F . See also:

• STRAUSS, DAVID FRIEDRICH (1808-1874)
• STRAUSS, JOHANN (1804-1849)
• STRAUSS, RICHARD (1864– )

Strauss, Kleine Schriften (1866) ; A . Reinhard, J . Kerner and das Kernerhaus zu Weinsberg (1862; 2nd ed., 1886); G . Rumelin, Reden and Aufsatze, vol. iii . (1894); M . Niethammer (Kerner's daughter), J . Kerners Jugendliebe and mein Vaterhaus (1877) ; A . See also:

• WATTS, ALARIC ALEXANDER (1797-1864)
• WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK (1817-1904)
• WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748)

Watts, Life and See also:

• WORKS

Works of Kerner (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1884) ; T . Kerner, Das Kernerhaus and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Gdste (1894) .