German author; born in Pyritz, Pomerania, Aug. 3, 1809; died in Berlin Jan. 20, 1868. He lived in Ḅreslau during the earlier part of his life, and became a physician, but was best known as the editor of the "Norddeutsche Zeitschrift für das Theater" and of the "Erinnerungsblätter." He published: "Phantasmagorien," Berlin and Züllichau, 1837, and "Die Hospitalitäten, "Berlin, 1838, both novels; "Ausführliche Gesch. des Preussischen Staates," 2 vols., ib. 1840; "Ausführliche Lebensund Regierungsgesch. Friedrich Wilhelm III." ib. 1840-41; "Die Rückkehr des Landwehrmanns," a comedy.