KARL See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST VARNHAGEN VON ENSE (1785-1858)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German biographer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DUSSELDORF

Dusseldorf on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1785 . He studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine at See also:

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

Berlin, but devoted more See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and literature, which he after-wards studied more thoroughly at See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle and See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen . He began his See also:

• LITERARY

literary career in 804 as See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-editor with Adelbert von See also:

• CHAMISSO, ADELBERT VON [Louis CHARLES ADELAIDE DE] (1781–1838)

Chamisso (q.v.) of a Musenalmanach . In 1809 he joined the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and was wounded at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• WAGRAM (DEUTSCH-WAGRAM)

Wagram . Soon afterwards he accompanied his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior officer, See also:

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

Prince Bentheim, to 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, where he carried on his studies . In 1812 he entered the Prussian See also:

• CIVIL

civil service at Berlin, but in the following See also:

• YEAR

year resumed his military career, this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian army . He accompanied Tettenborn, as See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant, to See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg and Paris, and his experiences were recorded in his Geschichte der Hamburger Ereignisse (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1813), and his Geschichte der Kriegszuge See also:

• DES

des Generals von Tettenborn (1815) . At Paris he entered the See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic service of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, and in 1814 acted under See also:

• HARDENBERG, KARL AUGUST VON, PRINCE (1750-1822)

Hardenberg at the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . He also accompanied Hardenberg to Paris in 1815 . He was See also:

• RESIDENT

resident See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister for some time at See also:

• KARLSRUHE, or CARLSRUHE

Karlsruhe, but was recalled in 1819, after which, with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " Geheimer Legationsrat," he lived chiefly at Berlin . He had no fixed See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, but was often employed in important See also:

• POLITICAL

political business . In 1814 he married Rahel Antonie Friederike, originally called Levin, afterwards See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert, and See also:

• SISTER

sister of the poet, See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig Robert (1778-1832) .

She was born in 1771 at Berlin, where she died in 1833 . By See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth she was a Jewess; but before her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage she made profession of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . Although she never wrote anything for publication, she was a woman of remarkable intellectual qualities, and exercised a powerful See also:

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

influence on many men of high ability . Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, who was devotedly attached to her, found in her sympathy and encouragement one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• SOURCES

sources of his See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration as a writer . After her See also:

• DEATH

death he published a selection from her papers, and afterwards much of her See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence was printed . Varnhagen von Ense never fully recovered from the See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock caused by her death . He himself died suddenly in Berlin on the loth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1858 . He made some reputation as an imaginative and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical writer, but he is famous chiefly as a biographer . He possessed a remark-able See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of grouping facts so as to bring out their essential significance, and his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is distinguished for its strength, See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and purity . Among his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works are See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe in den Zeugnissen der Mitlebenden (1824) ; Biographische Denkmale (5 vols., 1824—30; 3rd ed., 1872) ; and See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General von Seydlitz (1834), See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Prussia (1837), See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field-See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

• SCHWERIN
• SCHWERIN, KURT CHRISTOPH, COUNT VON (1684–1757)

Schwerin (1841), Field-Marshal See also:

• KEITH
• KEITH, FRANCIS EDWARD JAMES (1696-1758)
• KEITH, GEORGE (c. 1639-1716)
• KEITH, GEORGE KEITH ELPHINSTONE, VISCOUNT (1746-1823)

Keith (1844), and General Billow von See also:

• DENNEWITZ

Dennewitz (1853) . His Denkwurdsgkeiten and vermischte Schriften appeared in 9 vols. in 1843-59, the two last volumes appearing after his death . His niece, Ludmilla Assing, between 186o and 1867, edited several volumes of his correspondence with eminent men, and his Tagebucher (14 vols., 1861—7o) .

Blatter aus der preussischen Geschichte' appeared in 5 vols . (1868—69) ; his correspondence with Rahel in 6 vols . (1874-75) ; and with See also:

• CARLYLE, ALEXANDER (1722-1805)
• CARLYLE, JOSEPH DACRE (1759-18o4)
• CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881)

Carlyle (1892) . His selected writings appeared in 19 vols. in 1871—76 . There is also an extensive literature dealing with Rahel Varnhagen von Ense; see especially her husband's Rahel, ein See also:

• BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685–1750)
• BACH, KARL PHILIPP EMANUEL (1714-1788)

Bach des Andenkens (3 vols., 1834) ; Aus Rahels Herzensleben (1877); E . See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

Schmidt-See also:

• WEISSENFELS

Weissenfels, Rahel and ihre Zeit (1857); Briefwechsel zwischen Karoline von See also:

• HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, BARON
• HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835)

Humboldt, Rahel and Varnhagen von Ense (1896); O . Berdrow, Rahel Varnhagen (190o) .