Johann Georg Schlosser

Johann Georg Schlosser (7 December 1739 – 17 October 1799) was a German lawyer, historian, politician, translator and philosopher.

[5] His proposals stood in contrast to those advocated by the state and the church at the time, therefore making him well known among the country's enlightened intellectuals.

[4] In 1773, he moved to Emmendingen, where he continued to publish his political and philosophical proposals, while working as civil servant at the Margraviate of Baden in Karlsruhe.

However, Cornelia, who had received the same classical education as her brother, soon felt trapped in the small, provincial town of Emmendingen and in the role expected of her as a housewife and mother.

[12] During his time in Emmendingen, Schlosser maintained contacts with fellow intellectuals and thinkers in southwestern Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, including Johann Caspar Lavater, Isaak Iselin, Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel and Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.

[citation needed] Around 1782, Schlosser became a member of the Illuminati, where he was known under the names Dion, Mahomed and Euclides, and later also of the Freemasons, in both of which organizations he was active, in various positions and cities.

[4] There, his oldest daughter Louise married Georg Heinrich Ludwig Nicolovius (1767–1839), a Prussian official from Königsberg (now: Kaliningrad, Russia).

[7] In Eutin, Schlosser worked as a scholar, conversing with fellow thinkers such as Johann Heinrich Voß or Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg.