Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal was a German Protestant theologian and philologist. His best-known publication is Peter the Goatherd; the folk tale became the model for Washington Irving's first short story Rip Van Winkle.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1753 to 1819 · aged 66
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