Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel

German writer

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1779

Place of Birth: Bautzen, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1819

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel (14 September 1779, Bautzen — 29 July 1819, Bamberg) was a German writer.
He studied medicine in Leipzig and Jena, then philosophy. From 1805 he lived in Dresden.
He contributed heavily to Heinrich von Kleist's journal Phöbus throughout 1808, and from 1809 he was the editor of the Fränkischen Merkur in Bamberg.
Many of his works appeared under pseudonyms such as "Theophrast" and "Ysthamarus".