August Gottlieb Meißner
German writer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, August Gottlieb Meissner was a German writer of the Enlightenment and is considered the founder of the German detective story. Life Meissner was born in Bautzen. His father was a government quartermaster. From 1764 to 1772 he attended the school in Löbau and graduated in law at the University of Wittenberg on 18 September 1772. In 1774 he moved to the University of Leipzig, where he finished his studies in 1776. During his studies he developed a passion for the theater and poetry. At the urging of his mother he went to Dresden, where he joined the Federation of Free Masons. After a journey through Austria in 1785 he was offered the position of professor of aesthetics and classical literature at the University of Prague. In 1805 he went to Fulda to take up the position of director of the school, which he retained until his death. He died in Fulda, aged 53.
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