Johann Christoph Gottsched

Johann Christoph Gottsched
Portrait by Leonhard Schorer, 1744
Born	(1700-02-02)2 February 1700 Juditten, Brandenburg-Prussia
Died	12 December 1766(1766-12-12) (aged 66) Leipzig, Saxony
Alma mater	University of Königsberg

Johann Christoph Gottsched (2 February 1700 – 12 December 1766) was a German philosopher, author and critic of the Enlightenment.^{[clarification needed]}