The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . egan his History of the World,and lived to complete 12 volumes. He was assistedby the government in every way possible, and hewell repaid all favors shown him. In 1865 he wasennobled; in 1867 he was made chancellor of theorder Pour le Mirite; in 1882 he was made a PrivyCouncilor, and in 1S85 his ninetieth birthday wasmade a national holiday, the Emperor William call-ing on him at his residence and congratulatinghim. Among his other works are Princes and Peo-pies of Southern Europe in the Sixteenth and Seven
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . egan his History of the World,and lived to complete 12 volumes. He was assistedby the government in every way possible, and hewell repaid all favors shown him. In 1865 he wasennobled; in 1867 he was made chancellor of theorder Pour le Mirite; in 1882 he was made a PrivyCouncilor, and in 1S85 his ninetieth birthday wasmade a national holiday, the Emperor William call-ing on him at his residence and congratulatinghim. Among his other works are Princes and Peo-pies of Southern Europe in the Sixteenth and Seven-teenth Centuries (1827); A History of Germany inthe Time of the Reformation (6 vols., 1839-47); AHistory of England, Principally in the SeventeenthCentury (1S59-68); and History of Wallenstein(i86g). His habit of devoting his energies chieflyto the development of the obscure and doubtfulpoints of history, and his critical methods, producedmany imitators, who were generally characterized asof the school of Ranke. His later works showno diminution of power, and he wrote till within a. RANSOM — RASSAM 553
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