Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin

For the field marshal of the same name, see Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin.

Memorial marker at Trinitatis graveyard in Dresden

Wolf Heinrich Friedrich Karl Graf von Baudissin (January 30, 1789 – April 4, 1878) was a German diplomat, writer, and translator.

Born in Rantzau, Holstein, in 1810 Baudissin entered the diplomatic service of the Danish government serving as secretary of legation successively in Stockholm, Vienna, and Paris. After 1827, he lived and worked in Dresden. There he collaborated on translations of William Shakespeare with August Wilhelm Schlegel, Ludwig Tieck and Dorothea Tieck. Independently, he translated Molière, Carlo Goldoni, Carlo Gozzi, and others.

Translations

• Wirnt von Grafenberg, Wigalois.
• Hartmann von Aue, Iwein, 1845.
• Ben Jonson und seine Schule (Ben Jonson and his school, selected works and contextual materials), 1836.
• Molière, Complete Comedies, 1865-1867.
• William Shakespeare translations he contributed to:
  • All's Well That Ends Well
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • Comedy of Errors
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • King Lear
  • Henry VIII
  • Love's Labor's Lost
  • Measure for Measure
  • Othello
  • Taming of the Shrew
  • Titus Andronicus
  • Troilus and Cressida
  • Much Ado about Nothing

Notes

Regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.

References

•  "Baudissin, Wolf Heinrich, Graf von". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. 
•  "Baudissin, Wolf Friedrich Karl, Count von". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. 

External links

• Baudissin at Project Gutenberg (German)