| LC control no. | n 88125402 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ledebur, Leopold Karl Wilhelm August, Freiherr von, 1799-1877 |
| Variant(s) | Von Ledebur, Leopold Karl Wilhelm August, Freiherr, 1799-1877 |
| Biography/History note | Former military officer (1816-1828) who was director of the royal Kunstkammer from 1832 until 1875. He was a prolific writer on national history and archaeology, heraldry, and genealogy. |
| Birth date | 1799-07-02 |
| Death date | 1877-11-17 |
| Place of birth | Berlin (Germany) |
| Place of death | Potsdam (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Archaeology Genealogy History Museums |
| Found in | His Ueber die in den Baltischen Ländern in der Erde gefundenen Zeugnisse eines Handels-Verkehrs, 1840: t.p. (Leopold von Ledebur) Allg. dt. Biog. (Ledebur, Leopold Karl Wilhelm August Freiherr v.; b. 7/2/1799; d. 11/17/1877) "Ledebur, Leopold Karl Wilhelm August," Deutsche Biographie (online), viewed on November 18, 2024 (Leopold Karl Wilhelm August Freiherr v. L.; born 2 July 1799 in Berlin; joined military in 1816, officer, resigned in 1828; appointed head of department of national antiquities in 1829; overseer (1829) then director of the royal Kunstkammer (1832-1875); died 17 November 1877; prolific writer on national history/archaeology, heraldry, genealogy) <https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/116851503.html#adbcontent> "Ledebur, Leopold von," CERL Thesaurus (online), viewed on November 18, 2024 (Died Potsdam; Historiker; Museumsdirektor; Adelsforscher; Archäologe; Heraldiker) <https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01498501> |
| Associated language | ger |
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