Ludwig Eichrodt

Ludwig Eichrodt (1827 — 1892) was a German satirist, poet, and dramatist known primarily for creating a fictitious German provincial schoolmaster and poet in 1854. The German style of furniture and interior decoration named Biedermeier is named after this character. His notable works included "Gedichte in allerlei Humoren" (1853), "Schneiderbüchlein "(1853), "Leben und Liebe," poems (1856), "Die Pfalzgrafen," dramatic poem (1859), "Deutsches Knabenbuch; Weltruhm in Reimsprüchen" (1865), "Alboin," dramatic poem (1865), Rhein-schwäbisch," poem in middle-Baden dialect (1869, 1873), "Lyrischer Kehraus" (1869), "Lyrische Karikaturen," anthology (1869), "Biedermeiers Liederlust" (1870), "Melodien," songs (1875), "Hortus dellclarum," humorous anthology (1876-80), and "Gold. Sammlung des Ursprünglichen und Genialen in deutscher Lyrik (1882).