Wikipedia: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Introduction to the life and works of this eighteenth-century German writer.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781)
- Fairly lengthy biographical entry for the German critic and dramatist, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Includes bibliography.
- http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/LEO_LOB/LESSING_GOTTHOLD_EPHRAIM_172917.html

Authors' Calendar: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)
- Biography of the Enlightenment figure, with bibliography.
- http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lessing.htm

Lutherstadt Wittenberg: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Brief biography of the playwright.
- http://unterkunft.wittenberg.de/e/seiten/personen/lessing.html

Theatre Database: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)
- A biography of the German dramatist and analysis of his theory of drama.
- http://www.theatredatabase.com/18th_century/gotthold_ephraim_lessing_001.html

Gotthold Lessing
- A biography of the German dramatist.
- http://www.theatrehistory.com/german/lessing001.html

Moonstruck Drama Bookstore: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Biography of German dramatist.
- http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc96.html