Garlieb Merkel
German writer
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Garlieb Helwig Merkel was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.
Merkel was born into the family of a rural priest in what is today Latvia. From the age of 17 he worked as a tutor for upper-class German... Wikipedia
Born: 1769, Lēdurga parish, Latvia
Died: May 9, 1850 (age 81 years), Katlakalns
Children: Albrecht Ernst Emil Merkel
Education: Riga State Gymnasium No. 1 and Universidad Europea Viadrina
Parents: Daniēls Merķelis
Literary movement: Enlightenment