The New International Encyclopædia/Hoefer, Edmund
HOEFER, hẽ'fẽr,  (1819-82). A German
novelist. He was born at Greifswald, was
educated there, and in the universities of Heidelberg
and Berlin. His first stories appeared
in 1845, and from that time onward he wrote
many novels marked by excellence of
characterization, such as: Schwanwiek (1856);
Bewegtes Leben (1856); Norien. Erinnerungen einer
alten Frau (1858); Die Honoratiorentochter
(1861); Altermann Ryke (1865); Ein Findling
(1868); Der Junker (1878); and In der letzten
Stunde (1881). The eighth edition of his Wie
das Volk spricht was published in 1876.