Gotthard Friedrich Stender, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Latvian grammarian
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1714
Place of Birth: Ilūkste Municipality, Latvia
Date of Death: 17-May-1796
Profession: writer, inventor
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Gotthard Friedrich Stender
- Gotthard Friedrich Stender (Latvian: Gothards Fridrihs Stenders; 1714-1796) was a Baltic German Lutheran pastor who played an outstanding role in Latvia's history of culture.
- He was the first Latvian grammarian and lexicographer, founder of the Latvian secular literature in the 18th century.
- In the spirit of Enlightenment He wrote the first Latvian-German and German-Latvian dictionaries, wrote the first encyclopedia “The book of high wisdom of the world and nature” (1774), wrote the first illustrated Latvian alphabet book (1787).
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