OTTO EDWARD LEOPOLD VON BISMARCK
\ˈɒtə͡ʊ ˈɛdwəd lˈi͡əpə͡ʊld vˈɒn bˈɪsmɑːk], \ˈɒtəʊ ˈɛdwəd lˈiəpəʊld vˈɒn bˈɪsmɑːk], \ˈɒ_t_əʊ ˈɛ_d_w_ə_d l_ˈiə_p_əʊ_l_d v_ˈɒ_n b_ˈɪ_s_m_ɑː_k]\
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A German statesman; born at Schonhausen, April 1, 1815. He was a member of the United Diet, 1847; ambassador at St. Petersburg, 1859; ambassador at Paris, 1862; premier of Prussia, 1862 to 1866; and chancellor of the Germam Empire from its inception in 1870 to 1890. He holds a place in literature through the volume of "Bismarck's Letters", and through his State papers, a series of which appears in Hahn's "Fiirst Bismarck"; while as a thinker and economist he is seen to advantage in "Bismarck als Volkswirth", by Poschinger, containing many of the Prince's papers on sociological and fiscal subjects. Died July 30, 1898.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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