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James Francis Edward Keith

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
James Francis Edward Keith 1696-1758, Scottish field marshal of Prussia; brother of George Keith, 10th earl marischal [marshal] of Scotland. He participated in the Jacobite uprising of 1715 and in the abortive invasion of 1719 with his brother. Escaping to the Continent, he first entered the Spanish service and then went to Russia, where he gained honor in both civil and military offices. Later he went to Prussia and became close friends with Frederick the Great, who made him a field marshal (1747). Keith entered the circle of Europe's leading intellectuals and rendered great service to Prussia... Read more
George Keith
...Spanish expedition to Scotland (1719) in behalf of the Old Pretender, he again escaped. Later he joined his brother James Francis Edward Keith in Prussia and rose high in the favor of Frederick the Great, who appointed him ambassador to Paris (1751), governor... Read more
The 1900s: Science and Technology: Deaths
...matter, 2 October 1905. William Keith Brooks, 60, invertebrate marine...Yosemite Valley, 21 July 1903. James Carroll, 53, bacteriologist...16 October 1909. William Francis Channing, 81, inventor of...chimpanzee, 7 September 1909. James Graham Cooper, 72, naturalist...evolution, 15 January 1902. ... Read more

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