John Brinckman

John Brinckman, originally Johann Friedrich Brinckmann (3 July 1814, Rostock – 20 September 1870, Güstrow) was a German author of humorous works in Plattdeutsch.

He was the second of nine children born to Caspar Christoph Michael Brinckmann (1786–1824), a sea captain, and his wife, Anna née Ruth (1794–1870), daughter of the Port Commander in Göteborg.

He requested and received a pardon from Grand Duke Paul Friedrich, but was unable to complete his studies and decided to go to the United States.

[3] From 1842 to 1844, he worked as a tutor for a noble family near Neukalen, but was displeased with the way he was treated; especially by the wife of the Chamberlain, who was apparently domineering and arrogant.

As a member of the Reformverein [de] in Goldberg, and the author of several satirical poems, criticizing the conservative landowning nobility, he became involved in the German revolutions of 1848–1849.

His writings were largely overshadowed by Reuter's, who also wrote in Plattdeutsch, and many of them did not become popular until after his death, which occurred in 1870, when he suffered a fatal stroke at the age of fifty-six.