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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1729 to 1781 5 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Gotthold Ephraim Lessing across 5 places, from 1737 to 1781. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was documented, and when

1737 to 1741period
Kamenzattested “Young Lessing studied at the Latin School in Kamenz from 1737 to 1741.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1748 to 1760period
Leipzigattested “From 1748 to 1760, Lessing lived in Leipzig and Berlin.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1765 to 1767period
Berlinattested “In 1765, Lessing returned to Berlin, leaving in 1767 to work for three years at the Hamburg National Theatre.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1765 to 1767period
Hamburgattested “In 1765, Lessing returned to Berlin, leaving in 1767 to work for three years at the Hamburg National Theatre.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
15 February 1781exact date
Braunschweigattested “On 15 February 1781, Lessing, aged 52, died during a visit to the wine dealer Angott in Brunswick.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Places Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is documented in

Berlin1 presence · 1765Braunschweig1 presence · 1781Hamburg1 presence · 1765Leipzig1 presence · 1748
Kamenz1 presence · 1737

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1746 to 1748period
Leipzig Universitymentioned “Afra's, he enrolled at Leipzig University where he pursued a degree in theology, medicine, philosophy, and philology (1746–1748).” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1752year
University of Wittenbergmentioned “In 1752, he took his master's degree in Wittenberg.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1760 to 1765period
Breslaumentioned “From 1760 to 1765, he worked in Breslau (now Wrocław) as secretary to General Tauentzien during the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, which had effects in Europe.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1770year
Wolfenbüttelmentioned “In 1770, Lessing became librarian at the ducal library, now the Herzog August Library (Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Bibliotheca Augusta), in Wolfenbüttel under the commission of the Duke of Brunswick.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
14 October 1771exact date
Hamburgmentioned “Follower of Spinoza's philosophy, on 14 October 1771, Lessing was initiated into Freemasonry in the lodge "Zu den drei Goldenen Rosen" in Hamburg.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1773year
Herzog August Librarymentioned “In 1773, he discovered Archimedes' cattle problem in a Greek manuscript containing a poem of 44 lines, in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1773year
Wolfenbüttelmentioned “In 1773, he discovered Archimedes' cattle problem in a Greek manuscript containing a poem of 44 lines, in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1776year
Hamburgmentioned “In 1776, he married Eva König, who was then a widow, in Jork (near Hamburg).” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1776year
Jorkmentioned “In 1776, he married Eva König, who was then a widow, in Jork (near Hamburg).” source: Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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