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Emilie Tegtmeyer
1827–1903
A German writer, teacher, and historian, she moved from writing fiction to creating lively biographical and historical works. Her books helped bring notable women and episodes from the past to a broad 19th-century readership.
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Novelleja ja kertomuksia I
by Minna Canth, August Blanche, Camille Dehas, Emilie Tegtmeyer
About the author
Born in Holstein in 1827, she spent much of her working life in Bremen and built a career as both a teacher and a writer. Sources describe her full name as Leopoldine Emilie Ernestine Tegtmeyer, and note that she died in Bremen in 1903.
Her early publications were novels, but she later became better known for nonfiction, especially biography and history. That shift gave her a clear place among German women writers of the 19th century, with work aimed at making historical subjects accessible and engaging.
Today she is remembered as a versatile literary figure whose writing bridged education and popular history. Project Gutenberg's catalog of her works also suggests a substantial body of writing that has continued to attract interest long after her lifetime.