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18th-century autobiographers

22 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adam OehlenschlägerAuthor · BooksAdam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (14 November 177920 January 1850) was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature.
Adolf Bernhard MarxPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Heinrich Adolf Bernhard Marx, also known as A. B. Marx (15 May 1795 – 17 May 1866), was a German music theorist, critic, and pedagogue.
Alphonse de LamartineAuthor · BooksAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (21 October 179028 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and statesman.
Anna Amalia of Prussia, Abbess of QuedlinburgPerson · Music memorabiliaAnna Amalia of Prussia, Abbess of Quedlinburg was a composer, autobiographer, patron of the arts and abbess (1723–1787). She was born in Berlin.
August Wilhelm IfflandAuthor · BooksAugust Wilhelm Iffland (19 April 1759 – 22 September 1814) was a German actor and dramatic author.
Bernhard CrusellPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Henrik Crusell (15 October 1775 – 28 July 1838) was a Finland-Swedish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born…
Bernhard Severin IngemannAuthor · BooksBernhard Severin Ingemann (28 May 1789 – 24 February 1862) was a Danish novelist and poet.
Charles Robert LeslieArtist · PaintingsCharles Robert Leslie (19 October 1794 – 5 May 1859) was an American[1] genre painter and writer, who was born and spent his career in England.
Charlotte von KalbAuthor · BooksCharlotte Sophia Juliana von Kalb (25 July 1761 – 12 May 1843) was a German writer who associated with poets Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Hölderlin and Jean…
Christoph von SchmidAuthor · BooksChristoph von Schmid (15 August 1768 Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria – 3 September 1854 Augsburg) was a writer of children's stories and an educator.
Harriet ArbuthnotAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait by John Hoppner, c.
Johann Friedrich RochlitzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Rochlitz (12 February 1769 – 16 December 1842) was a German playwright, musicologist and art and music critic.
Lord ByronAuthor · BooksGeorge Noel Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was a British poet.
Lydia SigourneyAuthor · BooksLydia Huntley Sigourney (September 1, 1791 – June 10, 1865), Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet, author, and publisher during the early and mid 19th century.
Pehr HörbergArtist · PaintingsPehr Hörberg (January 31, 1746, in Virestad parish in Småland, Sweden – January 24, 1816, in Risinge in Östergötland, Sweden) was a Swedish artist, painter and musician.
StendhalAuthor · BooksMarie-Henri Beyle (lang; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (lang), was a French writer.
Thomas De QuinceyAuthor · BooksThomas Penson De Quincey (Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English…
Thomas TelfordDesigner · DesignThomas Telford (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous…
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-BayreuthPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a German autobiographer, composer, lutenist, writer, painter and librettist (1709–1758).

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