Johann Daniel Falk, a German philanthropist and author, horn in Dantzic in 1768, died Feb. 14, 1826. He entered the university of Halle, where he produced several satirical poems, which attracted the notice ofWieland, who introduced him into the literary circles of Weimar. He wrote an account of his personal intercourse with Goethe, which appeared after the death of both {Goethe aus naherem personlichem Umgange dargestellt, 2d ed., Leip-sic, 1836). A selection of Falk's writings appeared in 1818, and a new collection of his satirical works in 1826. He wrote for the Ta-scJienbuch, of which he was the editor (1797-1803), an article on the condition of hospitals in Berlin, which induced the government to reform them. In 1813 he founded at Weimar an institution for the education of poor children, which bears the name of Falkisches Institiit.