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Matthias Claudius
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German poet (1740-1815)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1740-08-15 ) 15 August 1740, Reinfeld , Duchy of Holstein
- Died
- 21 January 1815 (1815-01-21) (aged 74), Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Pen name
- Asmus
- Language
- German
- Nationality
- German
- Relatives
- Friedrich Christoph Perthes (son-in-law), Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi (son-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mattias
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Holstein
- Place of birth
- Reinfeld
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Educated at
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Image
- Portrait claudius.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Matthias Claudius
- date of birth
- 1740-01-01
- date of death
- 1815-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Matthias Claudius
- Commons gallery
- Matthias Claudius
- pseudonym
- Wandsbecker Bote
- writing language
- German
- name in native language
- Matthias Claudius
- P8168
- Elvange
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Matthias Claudius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of "Asmus".
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matthias Claudius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.