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Novalis in a 1799 portrait
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an 18th-century German aristocrat, poet, author, mystic and philosopher of Early German Romanticism.
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Born
Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg 2 May 1772 Wiederstedt, Electorate of Saxony
Died
25 March 1801 (aged 28) Weissenfels, Electorate of Saxony
Nationality
German
Alma mater
University of Jena Leipzig University University of Wittenberg Mining Academy of Freiberg
Occupation
Prose writer, poet, mystic, philosopher, civil engineer, mineralogist
adultbasic
Germany
era
1800+
Literary movement
Jena Romanticism
Pen name
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Period
1791–1801
Subject
philosophy natural science religion politics