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Johann Peter Uz (October 3, 1720 – May 12, 1796) was a Germanpoet.
He was born atAnsbach.He studiedlaw in 1739–43 at theuniversity of Halle, where he associated with theRococo poetsJohann Gleim andJohann Nikolaus Götz, and in conjunction with the latter translated theodes ofAnacreon (1746).[1]
In 1748 Uz was appointed unpaid secretary to the Justizcollegium, an office he held for twelve years; in 1763 he became assessor to the imperial court of justice atNuremberg, in 1790 was made a judge.[1]
A monument to Uz stands in the Ansbach Court Garden. It was near this monument, in 1833, thatKaspar Hauser was murdered.
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