Johann Michael von Loën (11 December 1694 in
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
- 24 July 1776 in
Lingen, Ems) was a German writer and statesman. His ''The Honest Man at Court'' 1748, was translated into English in 1997. He was great uncle of
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...
, born in 1749.
[Joachim Whaley ''Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg, 1529-1819'' -0521528720 2002 - Preview "His immediate inspiration was the work of his uncle Johann Michael von Loen, one of the most prominent German polemicists of religious toleration; but his youthful exercise reflected one of the major preoccupations of the age."]
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18th-century German writers
18th-century German male writers
1694 births
1776 deaths