Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker

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Becker after a portrait by Anton Graff
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Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (born November 4, 1753 in Obercallenberg ; † June 3, 1813 in Dresden ) was a fiction writer and art writer.

Life

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker taught at the Philanthropinum Dessau from 1776 and became a professor at the Knight Academy in Dresden in 1782 . In 1795 he was given the supervision of the Dresden Antikengalerie and the Münzkabinett and, since 1805, united them over the Green Vault . He died on June 3, 1813 in Dresden.

Works

Title copper for "The courtship" by Daniel Chodowiecki

Many of his poems and stories are contained in the paperback for sociable pleasure (Leipzig 1791 to 1814), the

Erholungen (Leipzig 1796-1810) and the New Erholungen (1808-1810)

His Augusteum , containing Dresden's ancient monuments, found recognition (Dresden 1805–1809, 2 vols .; 2nd increased edition by his son WA Becker, Leipz. 1832–37, with 162 copper plates):

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SURNAME Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Gottlieb Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fiction writer and art writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Obercallenberg
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1813
Place of death Dresden