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Karl Mayer (1786–1870)
Mayer, Karl (mī’ėr). A German poet and biographer; born at Neckarbischofsheim, Würtemberg, March 22, 1786; died at Tübingen, Feb. 25, 1870. A student of jurisprudence originally, he held several important legal and political positions in his native country. He belonged to the “Suabian School” of poets. He wrote: ‘Lenau’s Letters to a Friend’ (2d ed. 1853); ‘Songs’ (3d ed. 1864); ‘Uhland, his Friends and Contemporaries’ (2 vols., 1867); etc.