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18th-century librarians

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Adolf Ivar ArwidssonAuthor · BooksAdolf Ivar Arwidsson (7 August 1791 – 21 June 1858) was a Finnish political journalist, writer, and historian.
Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de SainmoreAuthor · BooksAdrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore (15 February 1733, in Paris – 26 September 1807, in Paris) was an 18th–century French poet, playwright and historian.
Agustín DuránAuthor · BooksAgustín Durán (14 October 17891 December 1862), Spanish scholar, was born in Madrid, where his father was the court physician.
Albrecht von HallerAuthor · BooksAlbrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet.
Alexandre Guy PingréPerson · Music memorabiliaDom Alexandre Guy Pingré (September 1711 – 1 May 1796) was a French canon regular, astronomer and naval geographer.
Aubin-Louis Millin de GrandmaisonAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sketch of Millin from Biographie des hommes vivants (1818)
August Heinrich Hoffmann von FallerslebenPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ([ˈaʊɡʊst ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhɔfman fɔn ˈfalɐsˌleːbn̩], after his hometown;
August von Platen-HallermündeAuthor · BooksKarl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermünde (24 October 17965 December 1835) was a German poet and dramatist. In German he mostly is called Graf (Count) Platen.
Augusta Innes WithersIllustrator · IllustrationAugusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes Withers (née Baker; 1792, Gloucestershire – 1876, London) was an English natural history illustrator, known for her illustrating of John Lindley's Pomological…
Auguste RigaudAuthor · BooksAuguste-Pierre-Augustin Rigaud (29 March 1760 – 15 April 1835) was a French poet and fabulist.
Benjamin DonnAuthor · Maps and atlasesBenjamin Donn or Donne (1729–1798) was an English mathematician.
Casimir DelavigneAuthor · BooksIllustration — Casimir Delavigne.
Charles NodierAuthor · BooksJean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl emanɥɛl nɔdje; 29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte…
Charles Palissot de MontenoyAuthor · BooksCharles Palissot de Montenoy (3 January 1730 – 15 June 1814) was an 18th-century French playwright, admirer and disciple of Voltaire and Antoine de Rivarol.
Christian August VulpiusAuthor · BooksChristian August Vulpius (23 January 1762 – 25 June 1827) was a German novelist and dramatist. His sister married the noted German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm JacobsAuthor · BooksChristian Friedrich Wilhelm Jacobs (October 6, 1764 – March 30, 1847) a German classical scholar, was born in Gotha.
Daniel SolanderAuthor · BooksDaniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
David RuhnkenAuthor · BooksDavid Ruhnken (2 January 172314 May 1798) was a Dutch classical scholar of German origin.
Esaias TegnérAuthor · BooksEsaias Tegnér (lang; 13 November 1782 –) was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek, and bishop.
Eugenio EspejoAuthor · BooksFrancisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, February 21, 1747 – December 28, 1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of indigenous origin in colonial…
Ferenc FaludiAuthor · BooksFerenc Faludi (born in Güssing on 11 April 1704; died in Rechnitz on 18 December 1779) was a Hungarian poet who has been referred to as "the father of the new Hungarian lyric." Because of…
Francesco InghiramiEngraver · PrintsFrancesco Inghirami (1772–1846) was an Italian archeologist and author.
Franciszek KarpińskiAuthor · BooksFranciszek Karpiński (4 October 1741 – 16 September 1825) was the leading sentimental Polish poet of the Age of Enlightenment.
François-Joseph FétisPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois-Joseph Fétis (25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe.
Friedrich Christoph SchlosserAuthor · BooksFriedrich Christoph Schlosser (17 November 1776 – 23 September 1861) was a German historian, Professor of History at the University of Heidelberg and a Privy Councillor in Prussia.
Friedrich Gottlieb WelckerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Gottlieb Welcker (4 November 1784 – 17 December 1868) was a German classical philologist and archaeologist.
Friedrich HölderlinAuthor · BooksJohann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin[1] (20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher.
Friedrich SchillerAuthor · BooksJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (lang, short: De-Friedrich Schiller.ogg; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian.
Friedrich von MatthissonAuthor · BooksFriedrich von Matthisson (23 January 1761 – 12 March 1831) was a German poet, an early member of the German Romantic movement.
Giacomo CasanovaAuthor · BooksGiacomo Girolamo Casanova (2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and writer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe.
Gottfried van SwietenPerson · Music memorabiliaGottfried Freiherr van Swieten (29 October 1733 – 29 March 1803) was a Dutch-born diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingAuthor · BooksGotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic. He was a representative of the Enlightenment.
Henry William PickersgillArtist · PaintingsHenry William Pickersgill RA (3 December 1782 – 21 April 1875) was an English painter specialising in portraits.
Immanuel KantAuthor · BooksImmanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher.
Jeremiah Holmes WiffenAuthor · BooksJeremiah Holmes Wiffen (30 December 1792 – 2 May 1836) was an English poet and writer, known as translator of Torquato Tasso.
Johann Christoph AdelungAuthor · BooksJohann Christoph Adelung (8 August 1732 – 10 September 1806) was a German grammarian and philologist.
Johann Kaspar FüssliArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Johann Kaspar Füssli
Johann Peter EckermannAuthor · BooksJohann Peter Eckermann (21 September 1792 – 3 December 1854), German poet and writer, is best known for his work Conversations with Goethe, the fruit of his association with Johann Wolfgang…
Johann Philipp NeumannAuthor · BooksJohann Philipp Neumann (27 December 1774 – 3 October 1849) was an Austrian physicist, librarian and poet.
Karl BernhardiAuthor · BooksKarl Christian Sigismund Bernhardi (5 October 1799, Ottrau – 1 August 1874, Kassel) was a German librarian and politician.
Karl Eduard von HolteiPerson · Film memorabiliaKarl Eduard von Holtei (24 January 1798 – 12 February 1880) was a German poet and actor.
Karl Ludwig FernowAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karl Ludwig Fernow
Miguel CasiriAuthor · Books
Paul Dietrich GisekeAuthor · BooksPaul Dietrich Giseke (8 December 1741 – 26 April 1796) was a German botanist, physician, teacher and librarian.
Rudolf Erich RaspeAuthor · BooksRudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue".
Samuel LindeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Samuel Linde
Siegfried Wilhelm DehnPerson · Music memorabiliaSiegfried Wilhelm (von) Dehn (24 or 25 February 1799 – 12 April 1858) was a German music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian.
Sylvain MaréchalAuthor · BooksSylvain Maréchal (15 August 1750 – 18 January 1803) was a French essayist, poet, philosopher and political theorist, whose views presaged utopian socialism and communism.[1] His views on a…
Václav HankaAuthor · BooksVáclav Hanka (10 June 1791 – 12 January 1861) was a Czech philologist, poet and literary historian.
Wilhelm GrimmAuthor · BooksWilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German writer, philologist and anthropologist.

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