Rosa Maria Antonetta Paulina Assing (née Varnhagen; 28 May 1783,

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– 22 January 1840,

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) was a German

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, prose-writer, educator, translator, and silhouette artist. She was the elder sister of Karl August Varnhagen, sister-in-law of

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, wife of

David Assing David Assur Assing (12 December 1787, Königsberg – 25 April 1842, Hamburg) was a Prussian physician and poet. Biography Assing studied at the universities of Tübingen, Halle, Vienna, and Göttingen. He received his doctorate from the Unive ...

(1787 – 1842), and mother of

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and

Ludmilla Assing Rosa Ludmilla Assing (22 February 1821 in Hamburg – 25 March 1880 in Florence) was a German writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms ''Achim Lothar'' and ''Talora''. Life Ludmilla Assing was the second daughter of author Rosa Maria Varn ...

. Her friends included Amalie Schoppe, David Veit, and

Fanny Tarnow Franziska Christiane Johanna Friederike "Fanny" Tarnow (17 December 1779, Güstrow – 4 July 1862, Dessau) was a German author. She wrote under the names Fanny Tarnow and F.T. Life Fanny Tarnow was the first child of the lawyer and secretary ...

References

* Johann Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Merzdorf: "Assing, David." In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 624 f. – Nebeneintrag 1783 births 1840 deaths Writers from Düsseldorf People from the Electoral Palatinate 19th-century German educators German women poets Writers from North Rhine-Westphalia Silhouettists Varnhagen family German salon-holders 19th-century German poets 19th-century German women writers 19th-century German artists 19th-century German women artists 19th-century German translators {{Germany-translator-stub