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Jacob Feis
1842–1900
A German-born writer and translator who spent many years in London, he is best remembered for bringing English literature to German readers and for his Shakespeare study Shakspere and Montaigne.
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About the author
Born in 1842 in Deidesheim, Jacob Feis was a German merchant, writer, and translator. Reference works identify him as a literary figure who later lived for many years in London, where he died on July 7, 1900.
His literary work focused largely on translation. Contemporary and later biographical sources credit him with translating English authors into German, including Tennyson's In Memoriam and Oenone, along with selections from John Ruskin.
Feis is also known to many readers through Shakspere and Montaigne: An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency of Hamlet from Allusions in Contemporary Works, a work that reflects his deep interest in Shakespeare and literary interpretation. A reliable portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is included.