August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue was a German dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany.
In 1817, one of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a... Wikipedia
Born: May 3, 1761, Weimar, Germany
Plays: The Small-Town Germans and The Evening Hour
Assassinated: March 23, 1819, Mannheim, Germany
Children: Otto von Kotzebue, Alexander von Kotzebue, Paul Demetrius von Kotzebue, and more
Place of burial: Hauptfriedhof Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Grandchildren: Otto Paul von Krusenstern, Olga Anna Pauline von Kotzebue, Otto Rurik Nikolai von Kotzebue, and more