Rudolph Raspe

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Rudolph Raspe was an 18th-century German librarian, writer, and scholar best known for originating the tales of Baron Munchausen.

All labels observed (3)

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Raspe 2
Rudolph Raspe canonical 2
Rudolf Erich Raspe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
mineralogist ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1736-03-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
citizenship Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1794-11-16 ⓘ
deathPlace County Kerry ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Muckross ⓘ
educatedAt University of Göttingen ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer British Museum ⓘ
Grimm Library in Kassel ⓘ
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
familyName Raspe ⓘ
linked to: Rudolph Raspe
fieldOfWork art history ⓘ
literature ⓘ
mineralogy ⓘ
genre fantastic literature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Rudolph ⓘ
influenced later adaptations of Baron Munchausen stories ⓘ
influencedBy German folklore ⓘ
knownFor originating the tales of Baron Munchausen ⓘ
popularizing the fictional character Baron Munchausen ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
name Rudolph Raspe ⓘ
notableWork Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia ⓘ
occupation librarian ⓘ
mineralogist ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
positionHeld assistant in the Department of Antiquities at the British Museum ⓘ
librarian at the Grimm Library in Kassel ⓘ
workLocation Ireland ⓘ
Kassel ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Scotland ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baron Münchhausen → popularizedBy → Rudolf Erich Raspe ⓘ
linked to: Rudolph Raspe
Rudolph Raspe → name → Rudolph Raspe ⓘ
Rudolph Raspe → familyName → Raspe ⓘ
linked to: Rudolph Raspe
Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia → familyName → Raspe ⓘ
linked to: Rudolph Raspe