. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... ty ; ChristianPhilosophy; and The Spirit uf Despotism,He was the compiler of the EKgant Ex-tracts and Epistles. KOCH, Christopher William, apublicist and historian, was bor;i, in 1737,at Bouxvveiller, in Alsace; was educated atStrasbuigh, under Schoepllin; succeededhim as professor of public law; and died,in 1813, rector of the university of Stras-burgh. Among his numerous and learnerworks are, A View of the Revolutions cEurope; An Abridged History of Treat ■of Peace; and Genealogical
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... ty ; ChristianPhilosophy; and The Spirit uf Despotism,He was the compiler of the EKgant Ex-tracts and Epistles. KOCH, Christopher William, apublicist and historian, was bor;i, in 1737,at Bouxvveiller, in Alsace; was educated atStrasbuigh, under Schoepllin; succeededhim as professor of public law; and died,in 1813, rector of the university of Stras-burgh. Among his numerous and learnerworks are, A View of the Revolutions cEurope; An Abridged History of Treat ■of Peace; and Genealogical Tables oft;Sovereign Families of Europe. KOERNER, Thkouore, a Germ?poet, was born, in 1788, at Dresden; :ited at Leipsic; became a dramatist,and secretary to the management of thecourt theatre at Vienna; entered as a vol-unteer into the Prussian army, in 1812;signalized himself equally by his braveryand his martial songs; obtained a lieuten-ancy as his reward; and fell gloriously atthe battle of Leipsic, in 1813. His workswere published, after his death, with thetitle of The Lvre and the KOSCIUSZKO, THADDEus,a PoKsh general and patriot, was born, in 1746, inLithuania, and was partly educated at theWarsaw military school, where he excelledin mathematics and drawing. He com-pleted his studies in France. When the leformcd church was triumphant, and heAmerican colonies tVrew off the yoke ofwas one of its most prominent, admired, the mother country, Kosciuszko enteredttiid hoiioured leaders. Of his works theinto their service, and was made a colonel 360 KOT of enginpers and aiil-ilc-ciiinp to Wasliing-ton. Returning ti» liis own country, lu;lived in rolircniL-nt till 1789, wntn tli<; diilappointed liini a major-general. In tliebrict !;le of 1792 lie withdlStinc;ui^<lled valour; bll as Koon as theLtc A lo,nd was scaled, lie retired i:itovoluntary CKJle. lie kept up, however, acorrespondence with the friends uf libertyin his native land; and w
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