Matthias Claudius

Matthias Claudius
Born(1740-08-15)15 August 1740
Reinfeld, Duchy of Holstein
Died21 January 1815(1815-01-21) (aged 74)
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Pen nameAsmus
LanguageGerman
NationalityGerman
RelativesFriedrich Christoph Perthes (son-in-law)
Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi (son-in-law)

Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of “Asmus”.