Johann Gotthelf Lindner (11 September 1729 – 29 March 1776) was a German university teacher and writer at the time of the eighteenth century Enlightenment.
Lindner was born in the village of Schmolsin a short distance inland from the north coast of East Pomerania.
Other members included Johann Georg Hamann, Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel and Immanuel Kant.
[1] Lindner was also a member of the "Three Crowns Lodge" ("Freimaurerloge Zu den drei Kronen") of the city's Freemasons.
Lindner published his poetic writings in various journals including the weekly Rigische Anzeiger and Königsberg's Gelehrte und Politische Zeitung.