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... born 6th August 1604. He was the youngest of the eight sons of John , third Duke of Saxe - Weimar . On the outbreak of the Thirty Years ' War , he took the side of Protes- tantism against the emperor , and first distinguished himself in ...
... born 6th August 1604. He was the youngest of the eight sons of John , third Duke of Saxe - Weimar . On the outbreak of the Thirty Years ' War , he took the side of Protes- tantism against the emperor , and first distinguished himself in ...
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... born at Basel , 27th July , 1667. He and James were the first two foreigners honoured by being elected associates of the Academy of Sciences at Paris , and members of the Academy of Berlin . John devoted himself to chemical as well as ...
... born at Basel , 27th July , 1667. He and James were the first two foreigners honoured by being elected associates of the Academy of Sciences at Paris , and members of the Academy of Berlin . John devoted himself to chemical as well as ...
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... born at Versailles , January 24 , 1778. In 1792 , he fled with his father to Turin ; fought with him under Condé against France ; afterwards visited Russia , and lived for some time in London and Edinburgh . In 1814 he returned to ...
... born at Versailles , January 24 , 1778. In 1792 , he fled with his father to Turin ; fought with him under Condé against France ; afterwards visited Russia , and lived for some time in London and Edinburgh . In 1814 he returned to ...
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... born in Paris , 1766. He began writing for the press in 1793 , and in 1799 set on foot the Journal des Débats ( 9. v . ) . B.'s royalist principles offended the govern- ment of Napoleon , and cost him imprisonment and banishment to Elba ...
... born in Paris , 1766. He began writing for the press in 1793 , and in 1799 set on foot the Journal des Débats ( 9. v . ) . B.'s royalist principles offended the govern- ment of Napoleon , and cost him imprisonment and banishment to Elba ...
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... born at Barrow , Leicestershire , in 1638. Entering St. John's College , Cambridge , at the age of fifteen , BEVERLOO ' , a village of Belgium , in the province he at once became remarkable for his diligence and of Limbourg , 12 miles ...
... born at Barrow , Leicestershire , in 1638. Entering St. John's College , Cambridge , at the age of fifteen , BEVERLOO ' , a village of Belgium , in the province he at once became remarkable for his diligence and of Limbourg , 12 miles ...
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