SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRIS TOPH

FRIED RICH VON (1759-1805), Ger. poet and dramatist; 6. Marbach; entered military school, Ludwigsburg, 1773, and Stuttgart, 1775; first drama, Die Rauber, appeared 1781; followed by the tragedies, Die Verschworung des Fiesco zu Genua, 1783; and Kabale und Liebe, 1784; visited Leipzig 1785, then Dresden; formed intimate friendship with Korner. Don Carlos was completed, 1787; in the same year S. visited Weimar, where he began his two historical works on Thirty Years War, and Netherlands’ War of Independence. Prof. of History at Jena Univ., 1788; formed intimate and lasting friendship with Gocthe, 1794. To 8.’s last period belong fine ballads Der Ring des Polykrates, Der Taucher, Das Lied von der Glocke, etc., lyrics, the great cla ical drama Wal lens tein, 1800; and dramas Maria Stewart, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, 1801; Die Braut von Me ina, 1803; Wilhelm Tell, 1804.