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Franz von Dingelstedt (1814–1881)
Dingelstedt, Franz von, Baron (ding’el-stet). A German poet and dramatist; born at Halsdorf in Upper Hesse, June 30, 1814; died at Vienna, May 15, 1881. His ‘Songs of a Cosmopolitan Nightwatchman’ (1841) shocked all officialdom, but had a great popular success; and his ‘Poems’ (1845) showed true poetic feeling and great descriptive power, the latter also visible in his travel sketches and stories; one of the most successful of the latter is ‘The Amazon,’ a society novel. His tragedy ‘The House of the Barneveldts’ (1851) was a splendid success. He adapted plays from Molière, Shakespeare, and others to the German stage, and wrote a volume of ‘Studies and Copies after Shakespeare.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).