Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 244 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 22,1729 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Kamenz |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | February 15,1781 |
| Died | Brunswick |
| Germany | |
| Spouse | Eva König |
| Movies/Shows | Nathan the Wise |
| Emilia Galotti | |
| The Girl from Barnhelm | |
| Siblings | Karl Gotthelf Lessing |
| Gottlob Samuel Lessing | |
| Erdmann Salomo Lessing | |
| Dorothea Salome Lessing | |
| Parents | Johann Gottfried Lessing |
| Justine Salome Feller | |
| Plays | Nathan the Wise |
| Minna von Barnhelm | |
| The Jews | |
| Books | The Education of the Human Race |
| Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry | |
| Emilia Galotti | |
| Hamburg Dramaturgy | |
| Laocoon | |
| Laocoön, an essay on the limits of painting and poetry | |
| Place of burial | Magnifriedhof cemetery, Brunswick, Germany |
| Influences | Aristotle |
| William Shakespeare | |
| Voltaire | |
| Johann Joachim Winckelmann | |
| Education | Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
| Leipzig University | |
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| ID | 413406 |
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Life story
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature.