Article: Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich Von (17591805)

SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759 1805)

SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759 1805), German dramatist, poet, historian, and philosopher. Born on 10 November 1759 in Marbach, in W ü rttemberg, the only son of a low-ranking army officer, Schiller was educated from 1773 to 1780 at the military academy founded by Karl Eugen, duke of W ü rttemberg (1728 1793). His first play, Die R ä uber (1781; The robbers), premiered at the Mannheim National Theater in 1782. Forbidden by the duke to pursue his literary work, he absconded from W ü rttemberg later that year, and after serving as resident playwright at Mannheim for one year, he moved to ...

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