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Events on Monday 12 May 1845 1
1767 – 1845August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845)Died 12 May 1845, aged 77August Wilhelm Schlegel was a German poet, critic and translator, and one of the leading figures of German Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare became the standard German versions. He was also a pioneering scholar of Sanskrit.