Johann Gottfried Herder

Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic. Herder is associated with the Age of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism. He was a Romantic philosopher and poet who argued that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people.

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Who was born first?

• Johann Gottfried Herder and Giacomo Quarenghi were born the same year
• Johann Gottfried Herder and Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos were born the same year
• Johann Gottfried Herder and Nikolay Novikov were born the same year
• Johann Gottfried Herder was born 1 year after Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
• Johann Gottfried Herder was born 1 year after Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet

Timeline

1. Friedrich Heinrich JacobiJanuary 25, 1743 – March 10, 1819
2. Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de CondorcetSeptember 17, 1743 – March 1794
3. Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosJanuary 5, 1744 – November 27, 1811
4. Giacomo QuarenghiSeptember 8, 1744 – February 18, 1817
5. Johann Gottfried Herder (this page)August 25, 1744 – December 18, 1803
6. Nikolay NovikovApril 27, 1744 – July 31, 1818

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