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<p> German dramatist, born at Weimar; went to St. Petersburg, obtained favour at court and a government appointment; was banished to Siberia, but regained the favour of Paul, and was recalled; on Paul's death he returned to Germany, but went back to [[Russia]] from fear of Napoleon, whom he had violently attacked; he had a facile pen, and wrote no fewer than 200 dramatic pieces; his strictures on the German university students greatly exasperated them, and one of them attacked him in his house at [[Mannheim]] and stabbed him to death (1761-1819). </p> | <p> German dramatist, born at Weimar; went to St. Petersburg, obtained favour at court and a government appointment; was banished to Siberia, but regained the favour of Paul, and was recalled; on Paul's death he returned to Germany, but went back to [[Russia]] from fear of Napoleon, whom he had violently attacked; he had a facile pen, and wrote no fewer than 200 dramatic pieces; his strictures on the German university students greatly exasperated them, and one of them attacked him in his house at [[Mannheim]] and stabbed him to death (1761-1819). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_75536"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/kotzebue Kotzebue from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_75536"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/kotzebue Kotzebue from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 15 October 2021
Kotzebue [1]
German dramatist, born at Weimar; went to St. Petersburg, obtained favour at court and a government appointment; was banished to Siberia, but regained the favour of Paul, and was recalled; on Paul's death he returned to Germany, but went back to Russia from fear of Napoleon, whom he had violently attacked; he had a facile pen, and wrote no fewer than 200 dramatic pieces; his strictures on the German university students greatly exasperated them, and one of them attacked him in his house at Mannheim and stabbed him to death (1761-1819).
