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Johann Kaspar (or Caspar)
Lavater (Alemannic German: [ˈlɒːv̥ɒtər]; 15
November 1741 – 2
January 1801) was a
Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist...
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Lavater is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801),
Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist, and theologian...
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Warja Lavater (28
September 1913 – 3 May 2007) was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a
Swiss artist and
illustrator noted primarily for working...
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vagabonds and mountebanks. It
revived and was po****rised by
Johann Kaspar Lavater,
before falling from
favour in the late 19th century.
Physiognomy in the...
- The
Lavater brothers were
Johann Heinrich Lavater (baptised 21
February 1611 – 9 June 1691) and
Johann Jacob Lavater (1594–1636), both
Swiss physicians...
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Ludwig Lavater (4
March 1527;
Kyburg (castle) – 5 July 1586 in Zurich) was a
Swiss Reformed theologian working in the
circle of his father-in-law, Heinrich...
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direction of the
cause of Judaism. In
April 1763,
Johann Kaspar Lavater, then a
young theology-student from Zurich, made a trip to Berlin, where...
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Louis Isidore Lavater (2
March 1867 – 22 May 1953) was an
Australian composer and
author born in Victoria, of Swiss-Swedish extraction. He
published more...
- Welt- und
Zeitgeist ("the
frivolous spirit of the
world and the time") in
Lavater,
Handbibliothek für
Freunde 5 (1791), p. 57.
Zeitgeist is po****rized by...
- German-English
astronomer and
composer (d. 1822) 1741 –
Johann Kaspar Lavater,
Swiss poet and
physiognomist (d. 1801) 1746 –
Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian...
