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Voss, Johann Heinrich

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Born: 1751 AD
Died: 1826 AD, at 75 years of age.

Nationality: German
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1751 - Born at Sommersdorf in Mecklenburg Strelitz on the 20th of February.

1766-1769 - Attending the Gymnasium at Neubrandenburg, he was obliged to accept a private tutorship in order to earn money to enable him to study at a university.

1772 - He had attracted by poems contributed to the Göttinger Musenalmanach, he went to Göttingen.

1775 - Boie made over to him the editorship of the Musenalmanach, which he continued to issue for several years.

1777 - He married Boie's sister Ernestine.

1778 - He was appointed rector of the school at Otterndorf in Hadeln.

1782 - He accepted the rectorship of the gymnasium at Eutin.

1785-1795 - He published in two volumes a collection of original poems, to which he afterwards made many additions.

         - He also translated Hesiod, Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Virgil, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius and other classical poets, and he prepared a critical edition of Tibullus.

1818-1829 - Published, in 9 vols, a translation of Shakespeare's plays, which he completed with the help of his sons Heinrich and Abraham, both of whom were scholars and writers of considerable ability.

1826 - Died on the 29th of March.






 





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