Friedrich von Matthisson was a German poet, an early member of the German Romantic movement. His best known poem is probably Adelaide, which was set to music by Beethoven. Wikipedia
Born: January 23, 1761, Hohendodeleben, Wanzleben-Börde, Germany
Died: March 12, 1831 (age 70 years), Wörlitz, Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Germany
Books: Letters Written from Various Parts of the Continent, Between the Years 1785 and 1794: Containing ... Anecdotes Relative to the Present State of Literature in Germany ... With ... Three Letters of Gray's, Never Before Published in this Country. Translated from the German ... by A. Plumptre, Dublin University Prize Poems: With Spanish and German Ballads, &c, and Letters Written from Various Parts of the Continent, Between the Years 1785 And 1794: Containing a Variety of Anecdotes Relative to the Present State of Literature in Germany,