Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von, Baron, 1720-1797

LC control no.	no2002101983
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von, Baron, 1720-1797 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Von Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron, 1720-1797 Münchhausen, Hieronymus Carl Friedrich von, Baron, 1720-1797 Münchhausen, Baron, 1720-1797
Birth date	17200511
Death date	17970222
Place of birth	Bodenwerder (Germany)
Place of death	Bodenwerder (Germany)
Found in	Stökl, H. Freiherrn von Münchhausens Reisen und Abenteuer, 19th and early 20th century: t.p. (Freiherrn von Münchhausen) Webster's biographical dictionary, c1974: p. 1071 (Münchhausen, Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von. Eng. corruption Baron Mun-chauśen (mŭn-chôź'n). 1720-1797. German huntsman and soldier, b. in Hanover; served with distinction as officer in Russian campaign against Turks. Reputed to have told exaggerated anecdotes of his adventures and exploits; his name is now proverbially associated with absurdly exaggerated stories) Wikipedia, July 1, 2014 (Baron Münchhausen; Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Baron von Münchhausen; born 11 May 1720 in Bodenwerder; died 22 February 1797 in Bodenwerder; nobleman and a famous recounter of tall tales. Münchhausen's reputation as a storyteller has been exaggerated by writers, giving birth to a fully fictionalized literary character usually called simply Baron Munchausen. Münchausen syndrome and the Münchhausen trilemma are named after him)