See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH See also:

• FRIEDRICH HEINRICH GEFFCKEN (1830-1896)

GEFFCKEN (1830-1896)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German diplomatist and jurist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1830 at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, of which See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city his See also:

• FATHER

father was senator . After studying See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• BONN

Bonn, See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, he was attached in 1854 to the Prussian See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . For ten years (1856-1866) he was the See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic representative of Hamburg in Berlin, first as See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge d'affaires, and afterwards as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister=See also:

• RESIDENT

resident, being afterwards transferred in a like capacity to See also:

• LONDON

London . Appointed in 1872 See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of constitutional See also:

• HISTORY

history and public law in the reorganized university of See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, See also:

• GEFFCKEN, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH (1830-1896)

Geffcken became in 188o a member of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace-See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine . Of too See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous a temperament to withstand the See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain of the responsibilities of his position, he retired from public service in 1882, and lived henceforth mostly at See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, where he died, suffocated by an accidental See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape of See also:

• GAS

gas into his bedchamber, on the 1st of May 1896 . Geffcken was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• GREAT

great erudition and wide knowledge and of remarkable legal acumen, and from these qualities proceeded the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence he possessed . He was moreover a clear writer and made his See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark as an essayist . He was one of the most trusted advisers of the Prussian See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William (afterwards the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Frederick), and it was he (it is said, at See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck's See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion) who See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the draft of the New German federal constitution, which was submitted to the. crown prince's headquarters at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1870-72 . It was also Geffcken who assisted in framing the famous document which the emperor Frederick, on his See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession to the See also:

• THRONE

throne in 1888, addressed to the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor . This memorandum gave umbrage, and on the publication by Geffcken in the Deutsche, Rundschau (Oct . 1888) of extracts from the emperor Frederick's private See also:

• DIARY

diary during the war of 1870-71, he was, at Bismarck's instance, prosecuted for high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason . The Reichsgericht (supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court), however, quashed the See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment, and Geffcken was liberated after being under See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest for three months .

Publications of various kinds proceeded from his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen . Among these are Zur Geschichte See also:

• DES

des orientalischen Krieges 1853–1856 (Berlin, 1881); Frankreich, Russland and der Dreibund (Berlin, 1894); and Staat and Kirche (1875), See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by E . F . See also:

• FAIRFAX, EDWARD (c. 1580-1635)

Fairfax (1877) . His writings on English history have been translated by S . J . Macmullan and published as The See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, with essays on Prince See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert, See also:

• PALMERSTON
• PALMERSTON, HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3RD VISCOUNT (1784-1865)

Palmerston, See also:

• BEACONSFIELD
• BEACONSFIELD, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF

Beaconsfield; See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone, and reform of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Lords (1889) .