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Frederick the Winter King

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Winter King, 1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (…

Parthenopean Republic

(Encyclopedia) Parthenopean RepublicParthenopean Republicpärˌthənōpēˈən [key] [from Parthenope, an ancient name of Naples], state set up in Naples in Jan., 1799, by the French Revolutionary army…

Breitenfeld

(Encyclopedia) BreitenfeldBreitenfeldbrīˈtənfĕltˌ [key], village, Saxony, S central E Germany. It gave its name to two battles of the Thirty Years War. Gustavus Adolphus (Gustavus II) of Sweden there…

Allen Ferdinand OWEN, Congress, GA (1816-1865)

OWEN Allen Ferdinand , a Representative from Georgia; born on a plantation near the Yadkin River, Wilkes County, N.C., October 9, 1816; moved to Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga.; studied under…

James Ferdinand IZLAR, Congress, SC (1832-1912)

IZLAR James Ferdinand , a Representative from South Carolina; born near Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, S.C., November 25, 1832; attended the common schools; was graduated from Emory College,…

Robert Ferdinand WAGNER, Congress, NY (1877-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1927-1949 Party: Democrat WAGNER Robert Ferdinand , a Senator from New York; born in Nastatten, Province Hessen-Nassau, Germany, June 8, 1877; immigrated with his parents…

Möbius, Augustus Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia) Möbius, Augustus FerdinandMöbius, Augustus Ferdinandmōˈbēəs, Ger. möˈbēəs [key],(1790–1868), German mathematician and astronomer, b. Schulpforta, Saxony. A professor of astronomy at…