Karl Wilhelm Ramler
Karl Wilhelm Ramler (25 February 1725 – 11 April 1798) was a German poet who was the Berlin Cadet School master. • Illustration — Karl Wilhelm Ramler, portrait by Gottfried Hempel, 1749 (Gleimhaus Halberstadt) Ramler was born in Kolberg. After graduating from the University of Halle, he went to Berlin, where, in 1748, he was appointed professor of logic and literature at the cadet school. In 1786, he became associated with the author Johann Jakob Engel in the management of the royal theatre, of which, after resigning his professorship, he became sole director from 1790 to 1796.
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Karl Wilhelm Ramler
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- Born
- 1725 · Kołobrzeg.
- Died
- 1798 · Berlin.
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- Germany
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- poet · writer · translator · jurist · composer · teacher · physician · philosopher
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Languages
- German
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He died in Berlin and his memorial is to be seen on the exterior wall of the city's Sophienkirche.
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Karl Wilhelm Ramler died on 11 April 1798 in Berlin.
Karl Wilhelm Ramler studied at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. The recorded working language is German.
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Karl Wilhelm Ramler (25 February 1725 – 11 April 1798) is described as a writer, translator, philosopher, physician, jurist, teacher, librettist and composer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Karl Wilhelm Ramler was born on 25 February 1725; the birthplace is Kolberg, Germany, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Places of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Halle (Saale) and Berlin.
Titelseite des Textdrucks zur Uraufführung des Passionsoratoriums Der Tod Jesu von Carl Heinrich Graun nach dem Text von Karl Wilhelm Ramler am 26. März 1755 im Berliner Dom
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Memorial plaque, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, Große Hamburger Straße 29, Berlin-Mitte, Germany
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1725
Karl Wilhelm Ramler born at Kołobrzeg.
1798
Karl Wilhelm Ramler died at Berlin.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 6505230-4, Interdisziplinäre Tagung zu Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1999 : Halberstadt).
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- 1.Genealogisches Handbuch bürgerlicher Familien. 1901.
- 2.Bach. Karl Wilhelm Ramler. Gelegenheitspanegyrik als Literatur- und Kunstpolitik. 2022.
- 3.Ramlerstraße. Mitte.
- 4.03. 1608. Ramlerstrasse-13355-Berlin. Ramlerstraße.
- 5.Zitha Pöthe. Perikles in Preußen. Die Politik Friedrich Wilhelms II. im Spiegel des Brandenburger Tores. 2014.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 6505230-4, Interdisziplinäre Tagung zu Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1999 : Halberstadt).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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