Bürger, Gottfried August, a German lyric poet, author of the ballads “Lenore,” which was translated by Sir Walter Scott, and “The Wild Huntsman,” as well as songs; led a wild life in youth, and a very unhappy one in later years; died in poverty (1747‒1794).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bureau * Burgkmair, Hans