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Charles Augustus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Charles Augustus 1757-1828, duke and, after 1815, grand duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach; friend and patron of Goethe, Schiller, and Herder. Though his duchy was small, he was important in German politics. He helped Frederick II of Prussia form (1785) the Fürstenbund [league of princes] to check Austria's attempt under Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II to expand Austrian influence in the empire. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and against Napoleon I until 1806, when he was forced to join the Confederation of the Rhine . At the Congress of Vienna after Napoleon's defeat his... Read more

Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974), American aviator, made the historic first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Charles A. Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan... Read more

Briggs, Charles Augustus (1841-1913)
Charles Augustus Briggs (1841-1913) Biblical scholar A Modernist Champion. Charles Augustus Briggs was a Presbyterian minister and...another editor, Archibald Alexander Charles Hodge of Princeton Theological Seminary... Read more

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	LAUREN ALYSSA MUSGRAVE \| KARINA NICOLE WINTER \| DANIEL JOSEPH SULLIVAN \| DALTON MITCHELL LEESEBERG SMITH \| MARIAN STANDBRIDGE SPOKAS \| CHARLES MATTHEW MILLER \| DANIEL JAMES CORDERO \| KIMBERLY DARA KENDALL \| AUGUSTUS MARSHALL SIMPSON \| ARIANA MARIA TREKAS \| DYMOND MARIE LESAK \| WESLEY OWEN CONLEY \| LUKE ANDREW HEDL \| OLIVIA ANN ROMAS \| TYLER SCOTT SCHMITZ \| LAUREN MAE VIVIAN \| ALYSSA CATHERINE WOLFE \| JEREMY JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN \| JAMES EDWARD LEMANSKI JR. \| ERIN KATHERINE BROWN \| JORDAN THOMAS VEDDER \| KYLE JING-KAI WONG \| ANNA CLAIRE STIPE \| AUSTIN JAMES HEGELE \| MICHEALA AMANDA LEY ; ...are the paternal grandparents. * * * Charles Matthew Miller Steve and Tracy Miller...birth of their third child, a son. Charles Matthew weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces...Aurora on Saturday, June 13, 1998. Charles was welcomed to his Aurora home by...Prince, 9, and Chelsea Prince, 7. * * * Augustus ... Read more
	Charles G. Andrade; Anthony R. Barone; Norma L. Goldbach ; Augustus H. Nicholls II. George Theodore Schmutz. Jane Burger Turner ; ...McNERNEY'S Mortuary SAN PEDRO (310) 832-8351 Charles G. Andrade (Charlie) 33, passed away May...call, msg machine 310/540- 2788. Nicholls, Augustus H. II Former Manhattan Beach resident, Augustus Hoke Nicholls II (Nick) died May 20, 2002... Read more
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	A Yankee at Arms: The Diary of Lieutenant Augustus D. Ayling, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers. ; ...Arms: The Diary of Lieutenant Augustus D. Ayling, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers. Edited by Charles F. Herberger. Voices of the...rarely seen in a single volume. Augustus Ayling enlisted shortly after...Civil War accounts. Editor Charles Herberger presents Augustus Ayling's diary without ... Read more
	THE LIGHT KEEPER: FREEDOM PIONEER, WILLIS AUGUSTUS HODGES.(SPECIAL) ; ...the life of one, Willis Augustus Hodges, is well-documented...Hodges was born in 1815 to Charles and Julia Hodges, both...Autobiography of Willis Augustus Hodges. Gatewood discovered...rural community grew. Charles Hodges sent his wife and... Read more
	OBIT - SNIDER, MELVIN AUGUSTUS ; SNIDER, Melvin Augustus, 83, of Natural Bridge, formerly of Fairfield, died Tuesday, September...He was a member of the Lauderdale A.R.P. Church and was retired from Charles W. Barger & Son. Mr. Snider is survived by four children, Doris Barger... Read more
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