WILHELM ZIMMERMANN
\wˈɪlhɛlm zˈɪməmˌan], \wˈɪlhɛlm zˈɪməmˌan], \w_ˈɪ_l_h_ɛ_l_m z_ˈɪ_m_ə_m_ˌa_n]\
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A German poet and historian; born at Stuttgart, 1807; died at Mergentheim, 1878. He studied theology at Tubingen, and occupied various positions, both as a professor and as a clergyman, but devoted himself largely to general literature. He published: "Poems" (1832); a tragedy, "Masaniello" (1832); "History of Wurtemberg" (1835); "German Wars of Liberation against Napoleon" (1836); "History of the Great Peasant War" (1840-44), considered Zimmermann's best work; "History of the Poetry of All Nations" (1856); "Germany's Heroic Struggle" (1870-71)) "Illustrated History of the German Nation" (1873-77).
By Charles Dudley Warner
