Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (October 15, 1748 - January 18, 1821) poet, brother of Friedrich Leopold, also a poet. Born at Hamburg, he became a magistrate at Tremsbüttel in Holstein in 1777. Of the two brothers Friedrich was undoubtedly the more talented. Christian though not a poet of high originality, excelled in the utterance of gentle sentiment.

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  • Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (October 15, 1748 - January 18, 1821) poet, brother of Friedrich Leopold, also a poet. Born at Hamburg, he became a magistrate at Tremsbüttel in Holstein in 1777. Of the two brothers Friedrich was undoubtedly the more talented. Christian though not a poet of high originality, excelled in the utterance of gentle sentiment. They published together a volume of poems, Gedichte; Schauspiele mit Chören, their object in the latter work being to revive a love for the Greek drama; and a collection of patriotic poems Vaterländische Gedichte . Christian von Stolberg was the sole author of Gedichte aus dem Griechischen, a translation of the works of Sophocles Die weisse Frau (1814) and of a poem in seven ballads, which last attained considerable popularity. (en)
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  • Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (October 15, 1748 - January 18, 1821) poet, brother of Friedrich Leopold, also a poet. Born at Hamburg, he became a magistrate at Tremsbüttel in Holstein in 1777. Of the two brothers Friedrich was undoubtedly the more talented. Christian though not a poet of high originality, excelled in the utterance of gentle sentiment. (en)