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==Life==
Gustav Schwab was born in [[Stuttgart]], the son of the philosopher [[Johann Christoph Schwab]]. He was introduced to the humanities early in life. After attending [[Gymnasium Illustre]],<ref>{{Cite book | last =Wojak | first =Irmtrud | title =Fritz Bauer 1903–1968: eine Biographie | publisher =C. H. Beck | year =2009 | location =Munich | pages =54 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=jP0uMZLuN0wC&pg=PA54 | isbn =978-3-406-58154-0 }}</ref> he studied as a scholar of ''[[Tübinger Stift]]'' at [[University of Tübingen]], his first two years studying Philology and Philosophy, and thereafter Theology. While at university he established a literary club and became a close friend of [[Ludwig Uhland]], [[Karl August Varnhagen von Ense|Karl Varnhagen]] and [[Justinus Kerner]], with whom he published a collection of poems under the title ''Deutscher Dichterwald''.
In the spring of 1813, he made a journey to northern Germany, where he met [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], [[Friedrich Schleiermacher]], [[Friedrich Rückert]], [[Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]], [[Adelbert von Chamisso]] and others. In 1818 he became a high school teacher in [[Stuttgart]], and in 1837 he started work as a pastor in [[Gomaringen]], near [[Tübingen]]. In 1841, he moved back to Stuttgart, where he was first pastor and then from 1845 educational counselor for Stuttgart's high school system. In 1847 he received an honorary Doctorate from his old university.
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