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Count Karl Christian Ernst von Bentzel-Sternau (1767–1849)
Bentzel-Sternau, Count Karl Christian Ernst von (bents’el stār’nou). A German novelist and miscellaneous writer; born in Mentz, April 9, 1767; died at Mariahalden, Switzerland, Aug. 13, 1843. He is esteemed as a humorist in the manner of Jean Paul; and his satirical romances, ‘The Golden Calf’ (1802–3); ‘The Stone-Guest’ (1808); ‘Old Adam’ (1819–20); ‘The Master of the Chair,’ together form a series.