August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

German scholar and author

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1798

Place of Birth: Fallersleben, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1874

Profession: writer, poet, librarian, curator, university teacher, revolutionary, children's writer, musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (listen ; 2 April 1798 – 19 January 1874) was a German poet.
He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", its third stanza now being the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular children's songs, considered part of the Young Germany movement.