About Gustav Pfizer
Lived 1807 – 1890 (aged 82). Gustav Pfizer was a poet, journalist, translator, writer, literary critic and historian.
Gustav Pfizer (1807–1890) was a German poet and critic of the Swabian school.
Biography He was born in Stuttgart, studied at Tübingen, and in 1840 became professor at the gymnasium in Stuttgart. He wrote Gedichte (1831), Dichtungen epischer und episch-lyrischer Gattung (1840), and Der Welsche und der Deutsche (1844); translations of Bulwer and Byron; the critical work Uhland und Rückert (1837); and an attack on Heinrich Heine, which Heine replied to in his work Der Schwabenspiegel (“The Swabian mirror,” 1838). Pfizer's poetry has been said to be more original and reflective than most of the products of the Swabian school.
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Who was Gustav Pfizer?
German writer (1807-1890)
When was Gustav Pfizer born?
Gustav Pfizer was born on 29 July 1807 in Stuttgart.
When did Gustav Pfizer die?
Gustav Pfizer died on 19 July 1890 in Stuttgart.
What was Gustav Pfizer's occupation?
Gustav Pfizer was a poet, journalist, translator, writer, literary critic and historian.
What nationality was Gustav Pfizer?
Gustav Pfizer's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Württemberg.
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