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Heinrich von Sybel
1817Dec, 2

Heinrich von Sybel

Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician (d. 1895)
Heinrich Karl Ludolf von Sybel (2 December 1817 – 1 August 1895), German historian, came from a Protestant family which had long been established at Soest, in Westphalia.

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