Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich: Difference between revisions

He was born in [[Brugg]] in the canton of [[Aargau]], where his father was a teacher.

After studying [[theology]] at [[Zürich]] he became a [[pastor]] in 1817 and returned as teacher to his native town, where he lived for ten years. He was then appointed professor of [[German language]] and [[German literature|literature]] in the cantonal school in Aargau. However, however he did loselost the post in the political quarrels of 1830. He afterwards obtained the post of teacher and rector of the cantonal college, and was also appointed assistant minister at the [[parish]] church. He died in [[Baden]], [[Aargau]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Fröhlich, Abraham Emanuel|volume=11|page=241}}</ref>

His main works include ''Fabein'' (1825); ''Schweizer Lieder'' (1827); ''Des Evangelium [[Saint John the Evangelist|St. Johannis]], in Liedern'' (1830); ''Elegien an Wieg und Sarg'' (1835); ''Die Epopoen; [[Huldrych Zwingli]]'' (1840); ''[[Ulrich von Hutten]]'' (1845); ''Auserlesene Psalmen und geistliche Lieder für die Evangelisch-reformirte Kirche des Cantons Aargau'' (1844); ''Uber den Kirchengesang der Protestanten'' (1846); ''Trostlieder'' (1852); ''Der Junge Deutsch-Michel'' (1846); and ''Reimspruchze aus Sleet, Schule, und Kirche'' (1820). An edition of his collected works, in 5 vols., was published at [[Frauenfeld]] in 1853. Fröhlich is best known for his two heroic poems, ''Ulrich Zwingli'' and ''Ulrich von Hutten'', and especially for his fables, which have been ranked with those of [[Friedrich von Hagedorn|Hagedorn]], [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing|Lessing]] and [[Christian Fürchtegott Gellert|Gellert]].<ref name="EB1911"/>

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