Person: SCHRÖPFER, Johann Georg (1730-1774)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Johann Georg SCHRÖPFER

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

presenter of ghost shows using magic lanterns

Main period of activity

1760s-70s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1730

born at

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

1774

~44

died at

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

Reference

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 268

Lucerna ID 6003751

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 November 2011

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Person: SCHRÖPFER, Johann Georg (1730-1774)