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He was born on 15 November 1741 in Zurich, Switzerland
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He was born on 15 November 1741 in Zurich, Switzerland
He was educated at the gymnasium of his native town, Zürich, where J. J. Bodmer and J. J. Breitinger were among his teachers.
His oratorical fervour and genuine depth of conviction gave him great personal influence; he was extensively consulted as a casuist, and was welcomed with demonstrative enthusiasm in his numerous journeys through Germany.
Scarcely a trace of this influence has remained, and Lavater's name would be forgotten but for his work on physiognomy, Physio gnomische Fragmente zur Beforderung der Menschenhenntnis und Menschen- liebe (1775 - 1778).
It left, however, the study of physiognomy (q. v. ), as desultory and unscientific as it found it.
As a poet, Lavater published Christliche Lieder (1776- 1780) and two epics, Jesus Messias (1780) and Joseph von Arimathia (1794), in the style of Klopstock.
From 1774 on, Goethe was intimately acquainted with Lavater, but at a later period he became estranged from him, somewhat abruptly accusing him of superstition and hypocrisy.
During the later years of his life his influence waned, and he incurred ridicule by some exhibitions of vanity.
He redeemed himself by his patriotic conduct during the French occupation of Switzerland, which brought about his tragical death.
Lavater himself published two collections of his writings, Vermischte Schriften (2 vols. , 1774 - 1781), and Kleinere prosaische Schriften (3 vols. , 1784 - 1785).
His Nachgelassene Schriften were edited by G. Gessner (5 vols. , 1801 - 1802); Samtliche Werke (but only poems) (6 vols. , 1836 - 1838); Ausgewdhlte Schriften (8 vols. , 1841 - 1844).
See G. Gessner, Lavaters Lebensbeschreibung (3 vols. , 1802 - 1803); U. Hegner, Beitrdge zur Kenntnis Lavaters (1836); F. W. Bodemann, Lavater nach seinem Leben, Lehren und Wirken (1856; 2nd ed. , 1877); F. Muncker, J. K. Lavater (1883); H. Waser, J. K. Lavater nach Hegners Aufzeichnungen (1894).
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Ordained in 1769, he served as minister of various Protestant churches in Zürich until his death.