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Johann Kaspar Schiller (27 October 1723 – 7 September 1796) was an army officer and court gardener to the Dukes of Württemberg. He and his wife Elisabetha Dorothea are also notable as the parents of the playwright Friedrich Schiller .
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fɔn ˈʃɪlɐ], short: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʃɪlɐ] ⓘ; 10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German polymath and poet, playwright, historian, philosopher, physician, lawyer. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical ...
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His father, Johannes Kaspar Schiller, was an officer and surgeon. He was ordered by The Duke Karl Eugen (Charles II) to attend the military academy instead of studying theology. The strict discipline, only strengthened his longing for freedom.
Johann Kaspar Schiller (* 27. Oktober 1723 in Bittenfeld; † 7. September 1796 auf dem Schloss Solitude bei Gerlingen (Württemberg), begraben 9. September 1796 an der Petruskirche in Gerlingen [1]) war Offizier und Hofgärtner des Herzogs von Württemberg. Er ist der Vater Friedrich Schillers .
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Jan 1, 2023 · High’s concise biography focuses on the interplay of Schiller’s personal life and his development as an author and philosopher. After an introduction to Schiller’s early years, family, and university studies, the essay portrays the later stations of...
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Apr 27, 2022 · Friedrich Schiller was born on 10 November 1759, in Marbach, Württemberg as the only son of military doctor Johann Kaspar Schiller (1733–96), and Elisabeth Dorothea Kodweiß (1732–1802). They also had five daughters.
Jan 6, 2015 · Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
