Johann Arnold Ebert

Ebert, Johann Arnold (Hamburg, 1723-95, Brunswick), was educated at the Johanneum, Hamburg, where he became friendly with J. B. Basedow and N. D. Giseke. In Leipzig, where he studied, he frequented literary circles which included among their members Gellert, Zachariä, and Cronegk. He was one of the contributors to the Bremer Beiträge. Ebert became a schoolmaster at the Carolinum, Brunswick, in 1748, and five years later received the title Professor. He was friendly with Klopstock, who addressed the ode ‘An Ebert’ (1748) to him. Ebert's principal poetic achievement is his translation of Edward Young's Night Thoughts (Youngs Nachtgedanken, 1751). His Christliche Gedanken were published in 1742, his Episteln und vermischte Gedichte (2 vols.) in 1789 and 1795.