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FROHLICH, ABRAHAM EMANUEL (1796-1865)

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FROHLICH, See also:ABRAHAM EMANUEL (1796-1865) , Swiss poet, was See also:born on the 1st of See also:February 1796 at Brugg in the See also:canton of See also:Aargau, where his See also:father was a teacher. After studying See also:theology at See also:Zurich he became a pastor in 1817 and returned as teacher to his native See also:town, where he lived for ten years.' He was then appointed See also:professor of the See also:German See also:language and literature in the cantonal school at Aarau, which See also:post he lost, however, in the See also:political quarrels of 183o. He afterwards obtained the post of teacher and See also:rector of the cantonal See also:college, and was also appointed assistant See also:minister at the See also:parish See also:church. He died at See also:Baden in Aargau on theist of See also:December 1865. His See also:works are--I 70 Fabein (1825); Schweizerlieder (1827); Das Evangelium St Johannis, in Liedern (1830); Elegien an Wieg' and Sarg (1835); See also:Die Epopoen; See also:Ulrich See also:Zwingli (184o); Ulrich von See also:Hutten (1845); Auserlesene Psalmen and geistliche Lieder See also:fur die Evangelisch-reformirte Kirche See also:des Cantons Aargau (1844); Uber den Kirchengesang der Protestanten (1846); Trostlieder. (1852); Der Junge See also:Deutsch-See also:Michel (1846); Reimspruchze aus Staat, Schule, and Kirche (1820). An edition of his collected works, in 5 vols., was published at See also:Frauenfeld in 1853. Frohlich is best known for his two heroic poems, Ulrich Zwingli and Ulrich von Hutten, and especially for his fables, which have been ranked with those of See also:Hagedorn, See also:Lessing and See also:Gellert. See the See also:Life by R. Fasi (Zurich, 1907).

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