Johann Heinrich Merck
Johann Heinrich Merck (11 April 1741 – 27 June 1791), German author and critic, was born at Darmstadt, a few days after the death of his father, a chemist.
Biography
Johann Heinrich Merck born on 11 april 1741 year. His parents were pharmacist Johann Franz Merck (1687—1741) and his wife Elizabeth Catharina Keyser (1706—1786).
He studied law at
In 1773 he accompanied the Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt to
Merck distinguished himself mainly as a critic; his keen perception, critical perspicacity and refined taste made him a valuable guide to the young writers of the Sturm und Drang. He also wrote a number of small treatises, dealing mostly with literature and art, especially painting, and a few poems, stories, narratives and the like; but they have not much intrinsic importance. Merck's letters are particularly interesting and instructive, and throw much light upon the literary conditions of his time.
Merck's Ausgewählte Schriften zur schönen Literatur und Kunst were published by A Stahr in 1840, with a biography.
See also
References
- Briefe an JH Merck von Goethe, Herder, Wieland und andern bedeutenden Zeitgenossen (1835)
- Briefe an und von JH Merck (1838), edited by K Wagner
- Briefe aus dem Freundeskreise von Goethe, Herder, Hopfner und Merck (1847), edited by K Wagner
- G. Zimmermann, JH Merck, seine Umgebung and seine Zeit (1871)
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Merck, Johann Heinrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 153–154.
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