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Stürgkh, Karl, Graf von
(Encyclopedia)Stürgkh, Karl, Graf von kärl gräf fən shtürk [key], 1859–1916, prime minister of Austria (1911–16). During World War I he governed without the unruly parliament and was strongly opposed by li...Wrede, Karl Philipp von
(Encyclopedia)Wrede, Karl Philipp von kärl fēˈlĭp fən vrāˈdə [key], 1767–1838, Bavarian general. He helped reorganize the Bavarian army, commanded part of the Bavarian troops fighting with the French agai...Savigny, Friedrich Karl von
(Encyclopedia)Savigny, Friedrich Karl von frēˈdrĭkh kärl fən säˈvĭnyē [key], 1779–1861, German jurist and legal historian, a founder of the historical school of jurisprudence. He taught (1810–42) Roman...Baer, George Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Baer, George Frederick bâr [key], 1842–1914, American financier, b. Somerset co., Pa. Baer became legal adviser to J. Pierpont Morgan and held many posts as a key figure in the railroad-and-coal em...Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger, Graf von
(Encyclopedia)Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger, Graf von gwēˈdōbältˌ [key], 1657–1737, also took part in the defense of Vienna. He was made field marshal and served with distinction in the War of the Spanish Succ...Starhemberg, Guidobald, Graf von
(Encyclopedia)Starhemberg, Guidobald, Graf von: see Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger, Graf von (1638–1701). ...Haushofer, Karl
(Encyclopedia)Haushofer, Karl kärl housˈhōfər [key], 1869–1946, German geographer, theorist of Nazi geopolitics, including the doctrines that the state is a living organism and that race and territory are lin...Wrangel, Friedrich Heinrich Ernst, Graf von
(Encyclopedia)Wrangel, Friedrich Heinrich Ernst, Graf von frēˈdrĭkh hīnˈrĭkh ĕrnst gräf fən vrängˈəl [key], 1784–1877, Prussian field marshal. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1848 he commanded th...Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August
(Encyclopedia)Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August kärl ouˈgo͝ost färnˈhägən fən ĕnˈzə [key], 1785–1858, German poet, historian, and journalist. He collaborated with Chamisso and other writers and wrote Bio...Lichnowsky, Karl Max, Fürst von
(Encyclopedia)Lichnowsky, Karl Max, Fürst von kärl mäks fürst fən lĭkhnôfˈskē [key], 1860–1928, German diplomat, ambassador to London (1912–14). In a privately circulated pamphlet (1916) he asserted th...Browse by Subject
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