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GEORG See also:RUDOLF See also:WECKHERLIN (1584—1653)
, See also:German poet, was See also:born at See also:Stuttgart on the 15th of See also:September 1584
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After studying See also:law he settled at Stuttgart, and, as secretary to the See also:Duke Johann See also:Friedrich of See also:Wurttemberg, was employed on See also:diplomatic See also:missions to See also:France and See also:England
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Between 162o and 1624 he lived in England in the service of the See also:Palatinate, and seems also to have been employed by the See also:English See also:government
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In 1644 he was appointed " Secretary for See also:Foreign See also:Tongues " in England, a position in which, on the See also:establishment of the See also:Commonwealth, he was followed byMilton
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He died in See also:London on the 13th of See also:February 16J3
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See also:Weckherlin was the most distinguished of the circle of See also:South German poets who prepared the way for the See also:Renaissance See also:movement associated in See also:Germany with See also:
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