George von Brunnow

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Baron Ernst George von Brunnow (born April 6, 1796 in Dresden ; † May 5, 1845 there ) was a versatile writer and translator .

Life

Origin and family

He comes from the Courland Line of the noble family of Brunnow . His parents were the Electorate Colonel Johann Ernst von Brunnow (1751-1822) and his wife Maria Elisabeth Philippine von Lieven (1762-1844). The Russian diplomat Philipp Graf von Brunnow was his brother.

Career

Brunnow studied at the University of Leipzig in the years 1815 to 1819, first Jura . From the year 1829 took up a philosophy study . In addition to his writing as a novelist and poet , he was an assessor for the state government in Dresden.

In 1816, in Leipzig, he met Samuel Hahnemann , the inventor of homeopathy , who treated him for an eye problem. From then on, Brunnow was committed to promoting homeopathy among the European aristocracy and translated one of Hahnemann's works into French and Latin.

Works

  • Exposé de la réforme de l'art medical , Dresden 1824 ( digitized at Google Books )
  • Round song for Albrecht Dürer's three-hundred-year jubilee , Dresden 1828 ( digitized from Google Books)
  • Seals , Dresden and Leipzig 1833 ( digitized from Google Books)
  • The new psyche , Bunzlau 1837 ( digitized from Google Books)
  • Ulrich von Hutten , the campaigner for German freedom , 3 vols. Leipzig 1842–1843 ( digitized from Google Books)
  • Epic and Lyra , Leipzig 1744 ( digitized from Google Books)
  • A look at Hahnemann and homeopathics , Leipzig 1744 ( digitized from Google Books)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Brunnow, George von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunnow, Ernst George von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Novelist and translator
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1845
Place of death Dresden