Gottlob Burmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gottlob Burmann

German poet

Date of Birth: 18-May-1737

Place of Birth: Lubań, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 05-Jan-1805

Profession: writer, poet, children's writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Gottlob Wilhelm Burmann (18 May 1737, Lauban – 5 January 1805) was a German Romantic poet and lipogrammatist.
He is best known for his dislike of the letter R.
The letter does not appear in any of his 130 poems.
He is even said to have eliminated it from his daily speech, refusing to say his last name for over seventeen years.