Karl Gotthelf Lessing (* July 10, 1740 in

Kamenz Kamenz () or Kamjenc ( Sorbian) is a town (''Große Kreisstadt'') in the district of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany. Until 2008 it was the administrative seat of Kamenz District. The town is known as the birthplace of the philosopher and poet Gotthol ...

; † February 17, 1812 in Breslau) was a German mint director, comedy writer and the first biographer and estate manager of his brother

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (, ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the developmen ...

. Among other things, he was the later owner of the

Vossische Zeitung The (''Voss's Newspaper'') was a nationally-known Berlin newspaper that represented the interests of the liberal middle class. It was also generally regarded as Germany's national newspaper of record. In the Berlin press it held a special role d ...

, which was still called "Royal Privilegirte Berlinische Zeitung of State and learned matters" at this time.

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Works

*''G. E. Lessings Leben, nebst seinem noch übrigen litterarischen Nachlasse.'' Berlin: 1793–1795 (3 Bände). *''Schauspiele'' von Karl Gotth. Leßing (Berlin: bey Christian Friedrich Voß 1778) * ''Schauspiele'' von Karl Gotth. Leßing (Berlin: bey Christian Friedrich Voß und Sohn 1780)

Bibliography

* Karl Gotthelf Lessing – Schauspiele in drei Bänden. Hrsg. von Claude Conter. Band I. Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag, 2007. * Karl Gotthelf Lessing – Schauspiele in drei Bänden. Hrsg. von Claude Conter. Band II. Hannover: Wehrhahn, 2007. * * Jörg Kuhn: Frau Münzdirektor M. F. Lessing, geborene Voß, und die Geschichte einer Grabplatte, in: Jahrbuch 2006 des Vereins für die Geschichte Berlins, Band LV, Berlin 2006, S. 55–64.

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