Johann kaspar lavater biography

          Johann Kaspar (or Caspar) Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian....

          Johann Kaspar Lavater was a Swiss writer, Protestant pastor, and founder of physiognomics, an antirational, religious, and literary movement.

        1. Johann Kaspar Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian.
        2. Johann Kaspar (or Caspar) Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian.
        3. Lavater was born on November 11, , in Zürich, Switzerland.
        4. Johann Caspar Lavater was born in Zurich on 15th November His father was a doctor and "Pfleger" at the Grossmünster Seminary.

          5. Johann Kaspar Lavater

          Swiss poet (–)

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          Johann Kaspar (or Caspar) Lavater (Alemannic German:[ˈlɒːv̥ɒtər];[1] 15 November – 2 January ) was a Swisspoet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian.

          Early life

          Lavater was born in Zürich, and was educated at the Gymnasium there, where J. J. Bodmer and J. J. Breitinger were amongst his teachers.[2]

          Corruption fighter

          At barely twenty-one years of age, Lavater greatly distinguished himself by denouncing, in conjunction with his friend Henry Fuseli the painter, an iniquitous magistrate, who was compelled to make restitution of his ill-gotten gains.[2]

          Zwinglian

          In Lavater took Holy Orders in Zurich's Zwinglian Church, and officiated until his death as deacon or pastor in churches in his native city.

          His oratorical fervor and genuine depth of conviction gave him great personal influence; he was extensively