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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
(1729-1781)
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LOC:    Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781
LBT ID: GoLessi1781    VIAF ID: 9849550    LOC ID: n79144996		B/BAP:   1729-01-22
DIED:   1781-02-15
SOURCES: Wikipedia; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Germman playwright and critic who extolled Shakespeare in opposition to French models; he was the author of Emelia Galotti (1779) and Nathan der Weise (1779).
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