• Johann Christoph Held from 1864 Ritter von Held (also Johann(es) C. Held and Johann Christoph von Held; born 21 December 1791 in Nuremberg; died 21 March...
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  • Georg Christoph Bach (1642–1697), and the twins Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645–1695), who was Johann Sebastian Bach's father, and Johann Christoph Bach (1645–1693)...
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    at the age of 10, he lived for five years with his eldest brother Johann Christoph, after which he continued his musical education in Lüneburg. From 1703...
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    Johann Christoph Gatterer (13 July 1727 – 5 April 1799) was a German historian who was a native of Lichtenau. He was the father of cameralist Christoph...
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    Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal (25 February 1753, in Halberstadt – 21 June 1819, in Halberstadt) was a German Protestant theologian and philologist....
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  • Johann Christoph Arnold (November 14, 1940 – April 15, 2017) was a Christian writer and pastor. He was the elder of the Bruderhof Communities between 1983...
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    1983 - ISBN 0-8091-2509-9 - Wurttemberg Pietism: Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687 - 1752) & Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702-1782), p. 253 - 288. Gadamer, Hans...
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  • Johann Christoph Hoffbauer (19 May 1766, Bielefeld – 4 August 1827, Halle an der Saale) was a German philosopher, who published extensively on natural...
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    Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was born in Ober-Ramstadt near Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, the youngest of 17 children. His father, Johann Conrad...
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  • Johann Christoph von Paar (? - 1636) was the Regional postmaster for Inner Austria, a post he appears to have inherited from his father. The principal...
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    builder Christoph Nott in 1690 and was thus responsible for the maintenance of the organs in the city. He worked closely with the church musician Johann Christoph...
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  • Johann Christoph Muhrbeck (7 January 1733 – 15 January 1805) was a Swedish Pomeranian philosopher. Born in Lund, the son of the theologian Lorenz Murbeck...
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  • Johann Christoph Reichsritter von Freyberg-Allmendingen (1616–1690) was the Prince-Provost of Ellwangen Abbey from 1660 to 1674, and the Prince-Bishop...
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    Christoph (Keller) Cellarius (22 November 1638 – 4 June 1707) was a German classical scholar from Schmalkalden who held positions in Weimar and Halle...
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in...
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    Johann Christoph Frauendorff (also Frauendorf) (1 October 1664 – 22 October 1740) was a German librettist, lawyer and mayor of Naumburg. Born in Naumburg...
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  • Johann Christoph Demantius (15 December 1567 – 20 April 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi...
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    Thuringian town of Ohrdruf was the church where Johann Sebastian Bach's eldest brother, Johann Christoph Bach, held the post of organist 1690 - 1721. He took...
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    Johann Karl August Musäus (29 March 1735 – 28 October 1787) was a German author. He was one of the first collectors of German folk stories, most celebrated...
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  • after one of its owners, Johann Andreas Bach [de] is a manuscript collection of 57 keyboard pieces, compiled by Johann Christoph Bach from Ohrdruf, the...
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    power held by so-called "great" men. Droysen was born at Treptow in Pomerania (now Trzebiatów in Poland) on 6 July 1808. His father, Johann Christoph Droysen...
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    Johann Christoph von Ponickau (21 March 1652 – 31 October 1726), was a counselor and chamberlain at the Dresden court of the elector of Saxony. Ponickau...
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    Johann Christian Bach (5 September 1735 – 1 January 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He received...
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    Christoph Martin Wieland (German: [ˈviːlant]; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo. He...
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    Fugger family (redirect from Johann Fugger)
    Fugger (1475–1539), ennobled in 1529 Wolfgang Fugger (1519/20–1568) Johann Christoph Fugger (1561–1612) Jakob Fugger the Elder (1398–1469), founder of the...
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    accessible in Germany. He formed a German literary school in opposition to Johann Christoph Gottsched of Leipzig, with whom he carried on a prolonged controversy...
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    paternal grandfather Johann Christoph Ammon was also a clergyman and theological writer who had successfully debated with Lorenz Christoph Mizler on whether...
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    Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky of Woschütz; (German: Karl Alois Johann-Nepomuk Vinzenz Leonhard, Fürst Lichnowsky von Woschütz, also known as Carl Alois...
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    Christoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert Schönborn, OP (German: [ˈkrɪstɔf ˈʃøːnbɔrn]; born 22 January 1945) is a Bohemian-born Austrian Catholic...
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    Gottlieb Christoph Harless (originally Harles) (21 June 1738 – 2 November 1815) was a German classical scholar and bibliographer. He was born at Culmbach...
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