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Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern

Livonian philologist

Died when: 82 years 18 days (984 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern

Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern (28 August [O.S. 17 August] 1770 – 15 September [O.S. 3 September] 1852) was a German philologist in Livonia, the first director of the library of the Imperial University of Dorpat.

He coined the term Bildungsroman.


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