Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Hoefer, Edmund
HOEFER, EDMUND (ho'fer), a German
novelist; born in Greifswald, Oct.
15, 1819. He studied philology and
history at Heidelberg. He began early to
write fiction, his first stories appearing
in collected form under the title “From
the People,” and proving very popular.
They were followed by “Out of the Old
Time and the New”; “As the People
Speak”; and “Days that Are No More.”
The novels that followed, especially
“German Hearts”; “The Demagogue”;
“The Lost Son”; and “Lost in the
World,” had a wide circulation. He
died in Cannstadt, May 23, 1882.