Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer (15 May 1809 – 5 January 1854) was a German

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and biographer. He is known principally for his 1842 biography of

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and his completion (1853) of Theodor Wilhelm Danzel's biography of Lessing, ''G. E. Lessing, sein Leben und seine Werke'' (1850–53, 2 volumes). He was born at

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(then in

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, now in

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) and died at Breslau (now

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, Poland). He studied philology and philosophy at Breslau and Berlin, later spending time in Paris, where he researched Leibniz' works. After his return to Germany, he worked as a librarian at the

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. In 1843, he became a professor at Breslau.Biography & bibliography
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He wrote also on

Jean Bodin Jean Bodin (; c. 1530 – 1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement of Paris and professor of law in Toulouse. He is known for his theory of sovereignty. He was also an influential writer on demonology. Bodin l ...

Joachim Jungius Joachim Jungius (born Joachim Junge; 22 October 1587 – 23 September 1657) was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher of science. Life Jungius was a native of Lübeck. He studied metaphysics at the Universities of Rostock and Giess ...

and

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(

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Literary works

* ''Mémoire sur le Projet de Leibnitz Relatif à l'Expedition d'Egypte Proposé à Louis XIV en 1672'', Paris, 1839. * ''Kur-Mainz in der Epoche von 1672'',

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, 1839 - Kurmainz in the era of 1672. * ''Lessings Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts, Kritisch und Philosophisch Erörtert'' ib. 1841 - Lessing's Education of Mankind, critically and philosophically explained. * ''Das Heptaplomeres des Jean Bodin'', ib. 1841 - The heptaplomeres of Jean Bodin. * ''G. W. v. Leibniz, eine Biographie'', Breslau, 1842, supplement 1846. - Leibniz, a biography. * ''Joachim Jungius und Sein Zeitalter'', Stuttgart, 1850. - Jungius and his era. Also, he edited Leibniz's ''Deutsche Schriften'' (2 volumes: 1838–40), and ''Goethe's Briefwechsel mit Knebel'' (

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's correspondence with

Karl Ludwig von Knebel Karl Ludwig von Knebel (30 November 1744 – 23 February 1834) was a German poet and translator. Biography He was born at the Castle of Wallerstein (near Nördlingen) in Franconia. After having studied law for a short while at Halle, he entered t ...

, 1851).

References

ADB: Guhrauer, Edward Gottschalk
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