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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Johann Friedrich, Baron von Cronegk (1731–1758)

Cronegk, Johann Friedrich, Baron von (krō’nek). A German dramatist (1731–58); born at Ansbach. Lessing pronounced his ode ‘War’ one of the finest produced in that day. His tragedy ‘Codrus’ won a prize in 1757. He was also author of some comedies, didactic poems, epigrams, and spiritual songs.