Gotthold Ephraim Lessing german writer and philosopher https://learnattack.de/schuelerlexikon/deutsch/lessing-gotthold-ephraim
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781)
German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era
Original edition from my own archives
Source : Beckers Weltgeschichte 1886
Nach Lessings Rückkehr nach Leipzig 1755 erschien sein erstes bürgerliches Trauerspiel