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A. von Möller, (Angelica von Lagerstrom) (died 1879), was the author of popular and juvenile German literature 1846-1861, taught foreign languages in Danzig, 1850-1852 in [[Königsberg (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Königsberg]], then having been expelled from the city as a member of a free church was housekeeper in the home of Gottfried Kinkel in London, returned to Königsberg in 1864, where she died on 20 November 1879. In 1851 she published a popular book titled <em>Die Mennoniten</em>. The story was centered around Danzig during and after the siege of 1813 and had as its theme the young man concerning whom [[Eylert, Ruhlemann Friedrich (1770-1852)|Bishop Eylert]] wrote, and who was the hero of [[Wildenbruch, Ernst von (1845-1909)|Wildenbruch]]'s [[Menonit, Der (Drama)|<em>Menonit</em>]]. On the whole the treatment differed from Wildenbruch's and the attitude toward the Mennonites was much friendlier.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III: 147.

Pataky, S. <em>Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder</em>. Berlin, 1898, under both names.

Weisfert, J. N. <em>Biographisch-litterarisches Lexikon für .. .Königsberg und Ostpreussen</em>. Königsberg, 1898.
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