About Samuel Gotthold Lange
Lived 1711 – 1781 (aged 70). Samuel Gotthold Lange was a German poet, translator, writer, parson and protestant theologian.
Samuel Gotthold Lange (; 22 March 1711, Halle an der Saale – 25 June 1781, Beesenlaublingen) was a German writer.
Biography He was the son of the Pietist Joachim Lange. He studied theology at Halle, and there became acquainted with Pyra, with whom he wrote Thyrsis' und Damons freundschaftliche Lieder (1745), attacked Gottsched, whom they had both ardently followed before, and opposed the use of rhyme in poetry. His strongest claim to fame is a version of Horace's Odes (1752), which Lessing criticised.
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Who was Samuel Gotthold Lange?
German poet (1711-1781)
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Samuel Gotthold Lange was born on 22 March 1711 in Halle (Saale).
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Samuel Gotthold Lange died on 25 June 1781 in Könnern.
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Samuel Gotthold Lange was a poet, translator, writer, parson and protestant theologian.
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Samuel Gotthold Lange was German.
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