Gellert

Gellert, Christian Furchtegott, born at Hainchen, Saxony, in 1715, and educated at the university of Leipsic, obtained a professorship of philosophy there and held it till his death in 1769.

Gellert was the author of a volume of Fables and Tales, and of a collection of moral and sacred poetry, both conceived in a spirit of simple and natural piety. His comedies, pastorals, and one romance are not of any considerable merit.