KARL GUSTAF AF LEOPOLD
\kˈɑːl ɡˈʌstaf ˈaf lˈi͡əpə͡ʊld], \kˈɑːl ɡˈʌstaf ˈaf lˈiəpəʊld], \k_ˈɑː_l ɡ_ˈʌ_s_t_a_f ˈa_f l_ˈiə_p_əʊ_l_d]\
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A Swedish poet; born at Stockholm, Nov. 23, 1756; died there, Nov. 9, 1829. He was for a long time a kind of literary dictator, and was the chief representative in Sweden of the French school of classicism. He attempted all forms of poetry save the epic. Of his tragedies the best-known are "Odin" (1790), for which Gustavus III. presented him a crown of laurel from Virgil's tomb; and "Virginia" (1802).
By Charles Dudley Warner
