August Schumann
German bookseller
Died when: 53 years 161 days (641 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Friedrich August Gottlob Schumann (March 2, 1773 – August 10, 1826) was a German bookseller and publisher.His best-known work is the 18-volume Lexicon of Saxony, which was completed after his death by .
He wrote Junker Kurt von Krötenstein's verliebte Heldenfahrt (Lord Kurt von Krötenstein's Hero's Journey of Love) under the pen name of Legaillard.
Schumann was born on 2 March 1773, as the oldest of 6 siblings to the couple Johann Friedrich Schumann and Christiane Magdalena Bohme.
The family worked as a pastor in Endschutz, and had little money around, due to this August Schumann was unable to achieve higher education.
He was the father of the composer Robert Schumann.
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