Christian Frederick Weichman ( 1698 - 1770 )

Birth: Harburg, Germany (24 August 1698) Death: Wolfenbuttel, Germany (04 August 1770) Profession: Poet; Editor Education: Halle (admitted 1716); Oxford; BCL (1728) Career: Tutor in the household of Duke Philipp Ernst of Schleswig-Holstein in Glucksburg (1720); went to Hamburg (1721); Editor of 'Gelehrten Sachen' (1722-1725), of the 'Patriot' (journal of the Hamburger Patriotische Gesellschaft); went to London with the editorial committee (1728); in the service of Duke Ludwig Rudolf at Blankenberg; Counsellor to the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg (1734) Memberships: Deutsche Gesellschaft in Gottingen (1754) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 27/06/1728 Proposers: Richard Bentley; William Derham; Sir Hans Sloane In printed list to 1756.