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The Necromancy of Joann Georg Schrepfer

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Shrepfer's Artifacts - Link the Younger

Johann Heinrich Link had a father with the exact same name and sometimes even in places you would think would get it right. That's impossible though. Johann Heinrich Link, the elder died in 1734 before Shrepfer was even born. There is also another Johann Link that spells his names slightly differently that also worked in naturalism and botany. They all three get very, very, very mixed up in the historical record.

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