born Sept. 8, 1767, Hannover, Hanover
died May 12, 1845, Bonn
German scholar and critic.
He worked as a tutor and wrote for Die Horen before cofounding with his brother Friedrich von Schlegel the periodical Athenäum (1798–1800), which became the organ of German Romanticism . While a professor at the University of Jena, he undertook translations of the works of {{link=Shakespeare, William">William Shakespeare (1797–1810) that became standard editions and are among the finest of all German literary translations. His Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature (1809–11) was widely translated and helped spread fundamental Romantic ideas throughout Europe. From 1818 until his death he taught at the University of Bonn.