Meta Forkel-Liebeskind

Sophie Margarethe "Meta" Forkel-Liebeskind
Born
Sophie Margarethe Dorothea Wedekind

(1765-02-22)February 22, 1765
Göttingen, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire
Died1853 (unconfirmed)
Eichstätt, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation
OccupationWriter, translator
LanguageGerman
Spouse
Relatives
  • Sophia Magdalena Wedekind (née Morrien) (mother)
  • Rudolph Wedekind (father)
  • Georg von Wedekind (brother)
  • Karl Gottlieb Forkel (son)

Meta Forkel-Liebeskind (22 February 1765 – c. 1853) was a German translator, writer, and member of the Göttingen intellectual circle. She maintained close ties to Georg Forster and embraced the Enlightenment and republican ideals of the Mainz Republic.

Forkel-Liebeskind was one of the so-called Universitätsmamsellen, a group of five academically active women during the 18th and 19th century, daughters of academics at Göttingen University, alongside Philippine Engelhard, Caroline Schelling, Therese Huber, and Dorothea Schlözer.

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