Karl (or ''Carl'') Gottfried

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von Leitner (November 18, 1800 – June 20, 1890) was an

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n writer and publicist from

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, Austria. From 1837 to 1854 he was the first Secretary to the Estates in Styria. He was the editor of the newspaper ''Steiermark Zeitschrift'' (Styria Times). He was the curator of the Landesmuseum Joanneum (Joanneum National Museum) in Graz from 1858 to 1864, and co-founded the Historical Association for Styrian Friendship with

Peter Rosegger Peter Rosegger (original ''Roßegger'') (31 July 1843 – 26 June 1918) was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger (o ...

. Some of his

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Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

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Anton Schlossar Anton Schlossar (27 June 1849 – 1 August 1942) was an Austrian librarian and writer, in particular writing about the Austrian state of Styria. Life Schlossar was born in Troppau in Austrian Silesia (now Opava in the Czech Republic), son of a ta ...

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Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

'', Vol. 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 629–639. Writers from the Austrian Empire Writers from Austria-Hungary Writers from Graz 1800 births 1890 deaths {{Austria-writer-stub