Frederick de), a celebrated German poet, was born at Hamburg, where his father was resident for the king of Denmark, in 1708. He finished his studies at Jena; and, in 1728, published a number of poetical pieces in Germany, which were well received. He afterwards came to England, where he obtained the friendship of many of the learned; and, at his return, was made secretary to the English Hamburg company, a lucrative employment that left him sufficient time for cultivating the muses. In 1738, he published his Fables and Tales, the first collection of the kind of which Germany can boast. He afterwards published other pieces of poetry of different kinds, as Moral Poems, Epigrams, and five books of Songs: which of all his poetical pieces are most esteemed. He died in 1754.