Karl Gustaf von Brinkman was a Swedish and German classicist poet, writer and diplomat.
Background
Karl Gustaf von Brinkman was born in Nacka, Sweden and was the son of Secretary Hans Gustaf von Brinkman and Countess Beata Kristina Leijon Manor. His education was from the beginning of strictly religious orientation, as his father intended him for a missionary work.
Education
In 1787 he began to study at the University of Halle, and studied philosophy and law.
Career
3, ennobled and elevated to Baron, chamberlain. He became acquainted with Friedrich Schleiermacher, who devoted his later writings on religion. In 1889 he went on an educational journey that led him to Wittenberg, Jena, Weimar, Leipzig and Berlin.
Through his activities in 1791 in government service, he received the confidence of King Gustav III of Sweden.
He then became Secretary of Legation in Berlin in 1792 and began his diplomatic career. In Berlin, he moved in the romantic salons, met William and Alexander von Humboldt, and was assistant at Friedrich Schiller"s Musen-Almanach.
From 1798 until 1801 he was involved in diplomatic affairs in Paris and at this time frequented the house of Anne Louise Germaine de Staël. He accompanied the royal family on their flight to East Prussia.
From 1808 until 1810 he was ambassador in London and became a deputy chancellor in Stockholm.
His diplomatic career changed abruptly when he lost the confidence of the royal court. In 1835 focused only on literature, which he published in Swedish. His extensive correspondence, which he greatly enjoyed, shows him as a witty interlocutor.
Von Brinkman died in 1847 in Stockholm.
Membership
Swedish Academy; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Member of the Swedish Academy 1828–1847, Seat Number. In 1836, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.