Hillebrand

(Karl), cosmopolitan writer, b. 17 Sept. 1829, at Gie en. His father, Joseph Hillebrand, succeeded Hegel as profe or at Heidelberg. Involved in the revolutionary movement in Germany, Karl was imprisoned in the fortre of Rastadt, whence he escaped to France. He taught at Str as bourg and Paris, where he became secretary to Heine. On the poet’s death he removed to Bordeaux, where he became a naturalised French man. He became profe or of letters at Douay. During the Franco-Pru ian war he was correspondent to the Times , and was taken for a Pru ian spy. In 1871 he settled at Florence, where he translated the poems of Carducci. Hillebrand was a contributor to the Fortnightly Review , Nineteenth Century , Revue des deux Mondes , North American Review , etc. His best known work is on France and the French in the second half of the nineteenth century. Died at Florence, 18 Oct. 1884.