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Kaspar Hauser
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man with a mysterious history (1812–1833)
OverviewAI-generated
Kaspar Hauser was a male writer, painter, and scribe who lived in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Born on April 30, 1812, he spoke German and produced works in that language. His literary output includes titles such as *Kaspar Hauser speaks for himself*, *Die Erfahrung*, and *Winterthur zur Zeit des Appenzellerkrieges*. He is also associated with the work *Los Cuentos de Sin Clair*.
Hauser died on December 17, 1833, in Ansbach. The cause of death was a stab wound, with the manner of death recorded as both homicide and accidental death. He was buried in Ansbach. His life and works have been described in sources including the *Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the 11th edition of *Encyclopædia Britannica*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Last.fm, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Winterthur zur Zeit des Appenzellerkrieges
- Kaspar Hauser speaks for himself
- Die Erfahrung
- Trauerrede Bei der Am 20. Dezember 1833 Erfolgten Beerdigung des Am 14. Desselben Monats Meuchlings Ermordeten Kaspar Hauser
- Kaspar Hauser, Seine Lebensgeschichte und der Nachweis Seiner Fürstlichen Herkunft
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,414
- Total plays
- 7,658
Tags
Note: There is a different Kaspar Hauser indie/chamber folk quintet based in London, formed 2022. BIO: Long-time midwesterner Thomas Comerford started Kaspar Hauser while living in Iowa City in 1999. Though he’d played guitar, written songs and played in bands since the age of ten, with influences ranging from the Beatles to the Meat Puppets to Will Oldham, his only releases were hand-held tape recordings handed out to friends. Upon moving to Chicago in 1999, he began to assemble various line
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification
· 2010 · cited 11,843x
- ff14SB: Improving the Accuracy of Protein Side Chain and Backbone Parameters from ff99SB
· 2015 · cited 10,354x
- <i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2
· 2018 · cited 7,446x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,795x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,659x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1812-04-30 ) 30 April 1812
- Died
- 17 December 1833 (1833-12-17) (aged 21), Ansbach , Bavaria , German Confederation
- Cause of death
- Stab wound
- Known for
- Claimed unusual upbringing and subsequent mysterious death
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kaspar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Place of death
- Ansbach
- Occupation
- scribe
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Hauser Kreul.jpg
- Residence
- Kingdom of Bavaria
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- Commons category
- Kaspar Hauser
- date of birth
- 1812-04-30
- date of death
- 1833-12-17
- Commons gallery
- Kaspar Hauser
- name in native language
- Kaspar Hauser
- place of burial
- Ansbach
- cause of death
- stab wound
- writing language
- German
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons Creator page
- Kaspar Hauser
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Encyclopedic overview
Kaspar Hauser (30 April 1812 – 17 December 1833) was a German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell. His claims, and his subsequent death from a stab wound, sparked much debate and controversy both in Nuremberg and abroad. Theories propounded at the time identified Hauser as a member of the grand ducal House of Baden, hidden away because of dynastic intrigue. However, there were also allegations that Hauser was an impostor. In 2024, a scientific study ruled out Hauser's princely descent by comparing mitochondrial DNA haplotypes with the House of Baden.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaspar Hauser” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.