August Stöber Explained

August Daniel Ehrenfried Stöber (1808–1884) was an Alsatian poet, scholar and collector of folklore.

He was born on 9 July 1808 in Strasbourg and died on 19 March 1884 in Mulhouse, where he had worked as a teacher. Stöber composed poetry and tales in the Alsatian dialect, and studied the culture and history of his homeland.

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