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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 251679, member: 2844&quot;]He is very famous in the German speaking world. He was a director of the Hofburg theatre in Vienna and a writer and translator. He translated Greek tragedies and several Shakespeare plays into German. The king of Bavaria gave him a title, like a knighthood. When he went back to Rostock, it was to dedicate the rest of his life to writing.</p><p>Here is something on Adolf, in English:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Wilbrandt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Wilbrandt" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Wilbrandt</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I only wish his handwriting was more legible, I can read bits and pieces but not enough to make a coherent translation. It is clear to me however, that he was very fond of the Doctor he wrote to, and he writes about people they both know. It is all pretty mundane, written in a very friendly way.</p><p>The sentence about Tübingen (second page) reads:</p><p>Am 21. fahre ich nach Tübingen, in groβer Vorfreude. (The 21st I will travel to Tübingen, really looking forward.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is some more info, in German, the &#039;English&#039; button does not translate this particular page, so you will have to try Google translate, or something.</p><p><a href="http://agso.uni-graz.at/marienthal/biografien/wilbrandt_adolf_von.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://agso.uni-graz.at/marienthal/biografien/wilbrandt_adolf_von.htm" rel="nofollow">http://agso.uni-graz.at/marienthal/biografien/wilbrandt_adolf_von.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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