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- Johann Gottfried von Herder - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
(1744-1803). The leading figure of the Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) movement in 18th-century German literature was the critic and philosopher Johann Gottfried von Herder. With his innovations in the philosophy of history and culture, he proved to be a forerunner of the German Romantic movement.