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Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768–1823)
Werner, Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias (vãr’ner). A German dramatist and clergyman; born at Königsberg, Nov. 18, 1768; died in Vienna, Jan. 17, 1823. His works are: ‘Sons of the Valley’ (1800), inspired by Masonic enthusiasm; ‘Cruise in the German Ocean’ (1804), set to music by Hoffmann; ‘Martin Luther’; and ‘The 24th of February,’ which made a great sensation. Besides the dramas named, he wrote the tragedies ‘Attila,’ ‘Wanda,’ ‘Kunegunde,’ ‘The Mother of the Maccabees’; and lyrical poems, hymns, sermons, etc.