Hartwig Wessely

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Hartwig Wessely, better known as Naphtali Herz Wessely, was an 18th-century Jewish poet and leading figure of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) movement.

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instanceOf Enlightenment-era writer
Haskalah figure
Hebrew-language writer
Jewish poet
person
activeIn 18th century
alsoKnownAs Hartwig Wessely
Naftali Herz Wessely
Naphtali H. Wessely
birthDate 1725-03-07
birthPlace Hamburg
Holy Roman Empire
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 1805-03-28
deathPlace Hamburg
describedAs leading figure of the Haskalah movement
pioneer of modern Hebrew style
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews
fieldOfWork Hebrew language revival
Jewish education
biblical poetry
genre Hebrew poetry
didactic literature
hasFamilyName Wessely
hasGender male
hasGivenName Hartwig
Herz
Naphtali
linked to: Naftali
influenced Jewish Enlightenment thinkers
linked to: Haskalah
influencedBy Moses Mendelssohn
languageOfWorkOrName German
Hebrew
movement Haskalah
Jewish Enlightenment
linked to: Haskalah
nativeLanguage German
Hebrew
notableWork Divrei Shalom ve-Emet
Gan Na’ul
Imre Shefer
Shire Tiferet
occupation educational reformer
poet
writer
placeOfBurial Hamburg
religion Judaism

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Naphtali Herz Wessely alternateName Hartwig Wessely
Naphtali Herz Wessely alsoKnownAs Hartwig Wessely
subject linked to: Hartwig Wessely