Otto Gildemeister


Otto Gildemeister was a German journalist and translator.

Biography

In 1850 he became editor-in-chief of the Weser-Zeitung of Bremen. He is known for his German renderings of Byron's complete works ; of a number of plays of Shakespeare, including the historical ones, for the Bodenstedt edition; of Shakespeare's Sonnets ; Ariosto's Orlando Furioso ; and Dante's Divina Commedia.

Family

He was the brother of German architect Karl Gildemeister.