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(Encyclopedia) Spee, Maximilian, Graf von mäkˌsēmēˈlyän gräf fən shpā [key], 1861–1914, German admiral. At the start of World War I he commanded a squadron in East Asia. In Nov., 1914, he met and defeated...

(Encyclopedia) Eckener, Hugo, 1868–1954, German airship designer and pilot, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1892. As a journalist he covered early flights of Zeppelin's first rigid airships. He joined (1908) Zeppelin's co...

(Encyclopedia) York von Wartenburg, Ludwig, Graf: see Yorck von Wartenburg, Ludwig, Graf. ...

(Encyclopedia) Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger, Graf von gwēˈdōbältˌ [key], 1657–1737, also took part in the defense of Vienna. He was made field marshal and served with distinction in the War of the Spanish Succ...

(Encyclopedia) Richthofen, Ferdinand, Baron von fĕrˈdēnänt bärōnˈ fən rĭkhtˈhōfən [key], 1833–1905, German geographer, geologist, and traveler. He took part in a Prussian expedition in E Asia (1860–6...

(Encyclopedia) Stadion, Johann Philipp, Graf von yōˈhän fēˈlĭp gräf fən shtäˈdēôn [key], 1763–1824, Austrian politician. A diplomat, he was made (1805) foreign minister and campaigned for a German upri...

(Encyclopedia) Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz, Graf fränts gräf kônˈrät fən höˈtsəndôrf [key], 1852–1925, Austro-Hungarian field marshal. He served (1906–11, 1912–17) as chief of staff and led the Aus...

(Encyclopedia) Hertling, Georg, Graf von gāˈôrkh gräf fən hĕrtˈlĭng [key], 1843–1919, German statesman and philosopher, imperial chancellor (Nov., 1917–Sept., 1918). He was professor of philosophy and a ...

(Encyclopedia) Yorck von Wartenburg or York von Wartenburg, Ludwig, Graf both: lo͝otˈvĭkh gräf yôrk fən värˈtənbo͝orkh [key], 1759–1830, Prussian army officer. He commanded the Prussian auxiliary corps t...

(Encyclopedia) Kalckreuth, Leopold Karl Walter, Graf von lāˈōpôlt kärl välˈtər gräf fən kälkˈroit [key], 1855–1928, German painter and graphic artist. He taught at the Weimar and Karlsruhe academies an...