August Wilhelm von Schlegel — German Poet born on September 08, 1767, died on May 12, 1845
August Wilhelm (later: von) Schlegel was a German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of German Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare made the English dramatist's works into German classics. Schlegel was also the first professor in Sanskrit on the continent and produced a translation of the Bhagavad Gita... (wikipedia)
