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KNIGGE, ADOLF FRANZ FRIEDRICH, FREIHERR VON (1752-1796)

KNIGGE, ADOLF See also:
FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)
FRANZ See also:
FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )
FRIEDRICH, FREIHERR VON (1752-1796) , See also:

German author, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the See also:

FAMILY

family See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Bredenbeck near See also:

Hanover on the 16th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1752. After studying See also:

law at See also:

GOTTINGEN

Gottingen he was attached successively to the courts of See also:

Hesse-See also:

Cassel and See also:

WEIMAR

Weimar as See also:

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman-in-waiting. Retiring from See also:

court service in 1777, he lived a private See also:

LIFE

life with his family in See also:

FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

Main, See also:

HANAU

Hanau, See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg and Hanover until 1791, when he was appointed Oberhauptmann (See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

ADMINISTRATOR

administrator) in See also:

BREMEN

Bremen, where he died on the 6th of May 1796. Knigge, under the name "See also:

Philo," was one of the most active members of the See also:

ILLUMINATI (Lat. illuminare)

Illuminati, a mutual moral and intellectual improvement society founded by See also:

Adam Weishaupt (1748—1830) at See also:

INGOLSTADT

Ingolstadt, and which later became affiliated to the See also:

FREE

Free-masons. Knigge is known as the author of several novels, among which Der See also:

ROMAN

Roman meines Lebens (1781—1787; new ed., 18o5) and See also:

Die Reise with Braunschweig (1792), the latter a rather coarsely comic See also:

story, are best remembered. His See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

LITERARY

literary achievement was, however, Uher den Umgang mit Menschen (1788), in which he See also:

LAYS

lays down rules to be observed for a peaceful, happy and useful life; it has been often reprinted. Knigge's Schriften were published in 12 volumes (1804-1806). See K. Goedeke, Adolf, Freiherr von Knigge (1844) ; and H. Klencke, Aus einer See also:

ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien Kiste (Briefe, Handschriften and Dokumente aus dem Nachlasse Knigges) (1853).

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