Johann Friedrich Hahn was a German lyric poet.

Hahn, an evangelical Lutheran, began his studies on 22 April 1771 at the University of Göttingen, first law, then theology. On 12 September 1772 he helped to establish the Göttinger Hainbund

Göttinger Hainbund

The Göttinger Hainbund was a German literary group in the late 18th century, nature-loving and classified as part of the Sturm und Drang movement.-Origin and description:...

 literary group.

After his graduation he became a confidante of Johann Heinrich Voss. Because of his nationalistic outlook, Voss nicknamed him Teuthard and said he was an "unfortunate hypochondriac" (unglücklicher Hypochondrist).

On 11 May 1774, along with Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg

Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg

Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg , was a German poet born at Bramstedt in Holstein .-Life:...

, he became a Freemason in the Zu den drei Rosen lodge of Hamburg

Hamburg

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. In June 1774 he helped found the Zum goldenen Zirkel lodge in Göttingen, and on 18 November 1774 he was elected Master.

He died on 30 May 1779 at the age of twenty-five, apparently in the throes of mental illness.