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{{Short description|Swiss poet (1796–1865)}}
[[Image:Abraham Emanuel Froehlich.jpg|thumb|Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich]]▼
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'''Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich''' (February 1, 1796 – December 1, 1865) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] poet.▼
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==Biography==
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,
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"/>
==Works==
An edition of his collected works, in 5 vols., was published at [[Frauenfeld]] in 1853.
His main works include:
* ''
* ''Schweizer Lieder'' (1827)
* ''Des Evangelium [[Saint John the Evangelist|St. Johannis]], in Liedern'' (1830)
* ''Elegien an Wieg und Sarg'' (1835)
* ''Die
* ''[[Ulrich Zwingli]]'' (1840)
* ''[[Ulrich von Hutten]]'' (1845)
* ''Auserlesene Psalmen und geistliche Lieder für die Evangelisch-reformirte Kirche des Cantons Aargau'' (1844)
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* ''Trostlieder'' (1852)
* ''Der Junge Deutsch-Michel'' (1846)
* ''Reimsprüche aus Staat, Schule, und Kirche'' (1820)
==Notes==
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==References==
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