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    Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. His written work was characterized...
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    A Tragedy in Five Acts) is a comedy by the Norwegian playwright Johan Herman Wessel, published in 1772. The play was published in September 1772 and...
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    grated horseradish and a raw egg yolk. The Dano-Norwegian poet Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785) wrote a classic poem about smørrebrød: At Smørrebrød...
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    include the hymn writer Hans Adolph Brorson and the satirical poet Johan Herman Wessel. During Denmark's Golden Age (1800–1850), literature centred on Romantic...
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    Jonas Wessel (1707-1785) and Helene Marie Schumacher (1715-1789). He was a brother of poet Johan Herman Wessel and cartographer Caspar Wessel. In 1757...
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  • Wilson, American pamphleteer and publisher (died 1798) October 6 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian author (died 1785) unknown dates Ralph Broome, English...
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  • 1685) 1785 – Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (b. 1716) 1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742) 1807 – Diogo de Carvalho...
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    Købmagergade, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Johannes Ewald and Johan Herman Wessel were two of the leading Danish poets of the 18th century. Trinitatis...
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  • thirteen children in a family. His brothers include Johan Herman Wessel and Ole Christopher Wessel. Wessel is the grandnephew of the nobleman Peter Tordenskjold...
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  • Horst-Wessel-Lied Jessie Wessel (1894–1948), Swedish actress Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Dano-Norwegian writer (brother of Caspar Wessel) Kai Wessel (countertenor)...
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