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Johann Adolf Schlegel

 
German Literature Companion: Johann Adolf Schlegel

Schlegel, Johann Adolf (Meißen, 1721-93, Hanover), younger brother of J. E. Schlegel and father of A. W. and F. Schlegel, taught at Schulpforta (see Fürstenschulen), became pastor at Zerbst (1754) and later moderator (Generalsuperintendent) at Hanover (1759). He wrote hymns (Sammlung geistlicher Gesänge, 1766-72) and didactic poetry (Fabeln und Erzählungen, 1769). He also translated Les Beaux-arts réduits à un même principe (1746) by the Abbé Batteux under the title Einschränkung der schönen Künste auf einen einzigen Gegensatz (1751).

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