Johann Gottfried Schnabel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German writer
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Place of Birth: Sandersdorf-Brehna, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Johann Gottfried Schnabel
- Johann Gottfried Schnabel (November 7, 1692 – c.
- 1751–1758) was a German writer best known for his novel Insel Felsenburg.
- He published his works under the pen name Gisander. Schnabel was born in Sandersdorf near Bitterfeld, Germany.
- Orphaned in 1694, he was raised by relatives.
- After an apprenticeship to a barber from 1706 to 1709, Schnabel worked as a Feldsher, a military barber-surgeon, in the regiments of Wolfenbüttel and Saxony until 1717.
- In this capacity he took part in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- In 1719, Schnabel settled as a master barber in Querfurt.
- From 1724 he was court barber in the County of Stolberg-Wernigerode, where he was promoted to valet de chambre in 1729 and to court agent around 1737.
- The year 1750 shows the last record of Schnabel's life; his death date and place are unknown.
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