Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1 February 1796,

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1 December 1865) was a

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poet.

Biography

He was born in

in the canton of

, where his father was a teacher. After studying

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he became a

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in 1817 and returned as teacher to his native town, where he lived for ten years. He was then appointed professor of

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and

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in the cantonal school in Aargau, however he lost the post in the political quarrels of 1830. He afterwards obtained the post of teacher and rector of the cantonal college, and was also appointed assistant minister at the

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church. He died in

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. Fröhlich is best known for his two heroic poems, ''Ulrich Zwingli'' and ''Ulrich von Hutten'', and especially for his fables, which have been ranked with those of Hagedorn,

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and Gellert.

Works

An edition of his collected works, in 5 vols., was published at

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in 1853. His main works include: * ''170 Fabeln'' (1825) * ''Schweizer Lieder'' (1827) * ''Des Evangelium St. Johannis, in Liedern'' (1830) * ''Elegien an Wieg und Sarg'' (1835) * ''Die Epopöen'' (1840) * ''

Ulrich Zwingli Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland, born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system. He attended the Unive ...

'' (1840) * ''

Ulrich von Hutten Ulrich von Hutten (21 April 1488 – 29 August 1523) was a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer. By 1519, he was an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church. Hutte ...

'' (1845) * ''Auserlesene Psalmen und geistliche Lieder für die Evangelisch-reformirte Kirche des Cantons Aargau'' (1844) * ''Über den Kirchengesang der Protestanten'' (1846) * ''Trostlieder'' (1852) * ''Der Junge Deutsch-Michel'' (1846) * ''Reimsprüche aus Staat, Schule, und Kirche'' (1820)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frohlich, Abraham Emanuel 1796 births 1865 deaths People from Brugg Swiss Protestant ministers Swiss male poets 19th-century Swiss poets 19th-century male writers