About August Stöber
Lived 1808 – 1884 (aged 75). August Stöber was a French and German poet, writer, collector of fairy tales, librarian, linguist and germanist.
August Daniel Ehrenfried Stöber (1808–1884) was an Alsatian poet, scholar and collector of folklore.
He was born on 9 July 1808 in Strasbourg and died on 19 March 1884 in Mulhouse, where he had worked as a teacher. Stöber composed poetry and tales in the Alsatian dialect, and studied the culture and history of his homeland.
Works Elsässisches Sagenbuch. Straßburg 1842. Die Lindenkirche. In: Badisches Sagen-Buch. 2. Band. Karlsruhe: Creuzbauer und Kasper, 1846, S. 140–141 Die Sagen des Elsasses. St. Gallen 1852.
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Who was August Stöber?
German writer (1808-1884)
When was August Stöber born?
August Stöber was born on 8 July 1808 in Strasbourg.
When did August Stöber die?
August Stöber died on 9 March 1884 in Mulhouse.
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August Stöber was a poet, writer, collector of fairy tales, librarian, linguist and germanist.
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August Stöber was French and German.
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