Lavater, Johann Kaspar(1741–1801)
Johann Kaspar Lavater, the German-Swiss poet, physiognomist, and theologian, was born in Zürich. He studied at the gymnasium there under the literary cr...
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A religious enthusiast verging on zealotry, Johann Kaspar Lavater lived the life of a pastor in Zurich--counseling prisoners on death row, working in an orphanage, and preaching Sunday sermons. At the...
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Lavater, Johann Kaspar (1741-1801)
Johann Kaspar Lavater
