Friedrich Wilhelm Seydlitz, Freiherr von
Friedrich Wilhelm Seydlitz, Freiherr von , 1721-73, Prussian general under Frederick II. He helped restore the effectiveness of the Prussian cavalry and fought in the most important battles of the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War, notably at Hohenfriedberg (1745), Kolin (1757), Rossbach (1757), Zorndorf (1758), and Freiberg (1762).
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/20/1997; 547 words
; ...1790; Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot, executed, 1810; Joseph Hume, physician and social reformer, 1855; Augustin-Eugene Scribe, playwright, 1861; Robert Edwin Peary, Arctic explorer, 1920; Oswald Theodore Avery, bacteriologist...
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Bernard Shaw and the French.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Theatre History Studies; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...have influenced Shaw. Eugene Scribe's well-made play...artist was the playwright Eugene Brieux, whom Shaw helped...caused Shaw to choose Augustin and Henriette Hamon as...s success in France. Augustin Hamon had no theatre...
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Scribe, (Augustin) Eugene
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Scribe, [Augustin] Eugene (1791–1861), playwright. The leading French dramatist of the first half of the 19th century, he reacted to the...
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