Lessing

Lessing is a German surname of Slavic origin. The original Sorbian form, ''Lěsnik'', means either "forest dweller" or "woodman", ''lěs'' meaning "wood forest".

People with the surname Lessing include a German family of writers, artists, musicians and politicians who can be traced back to a Michil Lessigk, mentioned in 1518 as being a linen weaver in Jahnsdorf, near Chemnitz. The family includes: * (1693–1770) pastor primarus in Kamenz, well respected, published theologian, translator and father of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) and Karl Gotthelf Lessing (1740–1812). Johann Gottfried's father Theophilus Lessing (1647–1735) was mayor of Kamenz and Robert Schumann's (the composer and pianist, 1810–1856) great-great-great-great-uncle, Johanne Sophie Susanna Lessing (1745–1818, daughter of Carl Heinrich Lessing 1713, a trumpeter) his grandmother. * Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), one of the most prominent philosophers of the Enlightenment era, recognised as the world's first dramaturg, Germany's first dramatist and comedy playwright, champion for religious tolerance, friend of Moses Mendelssohn, critic for the ''Vossische Zeitung'', translator and Shakespearean scholar. Today his own works appear as prototypes of the later developed bourgeois German drama. Scholars generally see ''Miss Sara Sampson'' and ''Emilia Galotti'' as the first bourgeois tragedies, ''Minna von Barnhelm'' as the model for many classic German comedies, ''Nathan the Wise'' as the first German drama of ideas ("Ideendrama") and his theoretical writings ''Laokoon'' and ''Hamburg Dramaturgy'' set the standards for the discussion of aesthetic and literary theoretical principles. * Karl Gotthelf Lessing (1740–1812), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's (1729–1781) younger brother and his first biographer, comedy playwright, translator, mint director, and owner (through marriage to Marie Friederike Voß, the daughter of ) of the ''Vossische Zeitung''. * Carl Friedrich Lessing (1778–1848), son of Karl Gotthelf Lessing (1740–1812), published philosopher, chancellor under Prince Biron von Curland in Polnisch Wartenberg. * Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880), German painter; son of Carl Friedrich Lessing (1778–1848) and great-nephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), married to Ida Heuser, niece of painter Henriette Jügel and whose niece Malwine Schroedter (1847–1901) married painter and then director of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, Anton von Werner. * Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862, died and buried in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia), physician, botanist and writer; son of Carl Friedrich Lessing (1778–1848) and great-nephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) * Carl Louis Gotthold Ludwig Lessing (1817–1897), modelmaker/designer, wine grower and lecturer; son of Carl Friedrich Lessing (1778–1848) and great-nephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), married to Marie von Ammon (1833–1928), granddaughter of , a lawyer in Brussels and later president of the region of Trier, also sister of Clara von Ammon who married , a diplomat between the States and Germany and son of controversial politician (1793–1862) who had been imprisoned for left-wing ideas. * Franziska 'Fanny' Maria Lessing (1818–1901), daughter of Carl Friedrich Lessing and great-niece of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), married to German painter (1807–1884). * (1827–1895), publicist, owner of the ''Vossische Zeitung'' and Schloss Meseberg; son of Carl Friedrich Lessing (1778–1848) and great-nephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781). * (1861–1919), son of Carl Robert Lessing (1827–1895), landowner and liberal politician. * Otto Lessing (sculptor) (1846–1912), German sculptor, photographer and writer, gifted pianist, son of Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880), married to Sigrid Gude, daughter of Norwegian painter Hans Gude. * Bertha Lessing (1844–1914) daughter of Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880), married to royal court actor and dramatist Karl Koberstein; their son Hans Koberstein became a painter. * (1852–1916) landscape painter; son of Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880). * (1856–1930), painter; son of Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880). * Kolja Lessing (born 1961), German pianist, violinist, composer and music professor at the Stuttgart Musik Hochschule; great-great-great-great-great-nephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781).

Lessing is also the surname of: * Doris Lessing (1919–2013), British novelist and the 2007 Nobel Prize laureate in literature; once married to Gottfried Lessing * Gottfried Lessing (1914–1979), German diplomat * Erich Lessing (1923–2018), Austrian ''Magnum'' photographer * Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861–1939), Russian geologist * Lawrence Lessing, American journalist * Madge Lessing (1862–1935), English actress * Roland Lessing (born 1978), Estonian biathlete * Simon Lessing (born 1971), British athlete * Theodor Lessing (1872–1933), German-Jewish philosopher Provided by Wikipedia
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    Fables de lessing / by Lessing

    Published 1873
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    Europa y Asia : hundimiento de la tierra por obra del espíritu / by Lessing, Theodor

    Published 1945
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    Europa y Asia : hundimiento de la tierra por obra del espíritu / by Lessing, Theodor

    Published 1945
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    La nacionalidad : sus diversos sistemas en los 21 países americanos / by Lessing, Juan A.

    Published 1941
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    Schillers Einfluss auf Grillparzer : eine litterar historische studie. by Lessing, D. E.

    Published 1902
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    La buena terrorista / by Lessing, Doris, 1919-

    Published 1987
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    El hambre de Jabavu / by Lessing, Doris, 1919-

    Published 1975
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    Laocoonte : o sobre los límites en la pintura y la poesía. / by Lessing, Gotthold Efraim

    Published 1985
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    Filoteas : tragedia en un acto / by Lessing, Gottheld Efrain

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    Europa und Asien : Untergang der Erde am Geist / by Lessing, Theodor, 1872-1933

    Published 1930
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    Europa y Asia : hundimiento de la tierra por obra del espíritu / by Lessing, Theodor, 1872-1933

    Published 1945
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    Estudio acerca de la axiomática del valor / by Lessing, Theodor, 1872-1933

    Published 1959
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    La buena terrorista / by Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013

    Published 1987
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    Laocoonte : o sobre los límites en la pintura y la poesía / by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781

    Published 1985
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    Arte y vida : Laocoonte / by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781

    Published 1930
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    Ausgenwählte Werke. by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781

    Published 1958
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    Dramas / by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781

    Published 1945
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    Escritos filosóficos y teológicos / by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781

    Published 1982
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