Editing Gottfried Kinkel (section)

{{short description|German poet (1815–1882)}}
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| name         = Johann Gottfried Kinkel
| image        = ETH-BIB-Kinkel, Gottfried (1815-1882)-Portrait-Portr 00159.tif (cropped).jpg
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| caption      = Gottfried Kinkel, 1880
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1815|8|11|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Oberkassel (Bonn)|Obercassel]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1882|11|13|1815|8|11|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Zürich]]
| occupation   = professor, journalist
| nationality  = German
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| alma_mater   = [[University of Bonn]], [[University of Berlin]]
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| notableworks = Otto der Schütz (Otto the marksman), Der Grobschmied von Antwerpen (The Blacksmith of Antwerp), Geschichte der bildenden Künste bei den christichen Völkern (History of art among the  Christians)
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| signature    = Gottfried Kinkel signature.png
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'''Johann Gottfried Kinkel''' (11 August 1815 – 13 November 1882) was a German poet also noted for his revolutionary activities and his escape from a Prussian prison in [[Spandau]] with the help of his friend [[Carl Schurz]].