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German bibliophiles

  • CharlemagneCharlemagne's year of birth remains uncertain, though most scholars now accept 748 as the correct date. Einhard, his biographer, claimed Charlemagne was 72…
  • Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on the 28th of August 1749 in a large house on Großer Hirschgraben in Frankfurt. His father, Johann Caspar Goethe, had…