Gottlob Burmann

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1737 – 1805

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Who was Gottlob Burmann?

Gottlob Wilhelm Burmann was a German Romantic poet and lipogrammatist. He is best known for his dislike of the letter R. The letter does not appear in any of his 130 poems. He is even said to have eliminated it from his daily speech, refusing to say his last name for over seventeen years.

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Born
1737
Germany
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
1805

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on July 23, 2013

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