Corvin-Wiersbitski

(Otto Julius Bernhard von), Pru ian Pole of noble family, who traced their descent from the Roman Corvinii, b. Gumbinnen, 12 Oct. 1812. He served in the Pru ian army, where he met his friend Fried rich von Sallet; retired into the Landwehr 1835, went to Leipsic and entered upon a literary career, wrote the History of the Dutch Revolution, 1841; the History of Christian Fanaticism , 1845, which was suppre ed in Austria. He took part with the democrats in ’48; was condemned to be shot 15 Sept. ’49, but the sentence was commuted; spent six years’ solitary confinement in prison; came to London, became correspondent to the Times ; went through American Civil War, and afterwards Franco-Pru ian War, as a special correspondent. He has written a History of the New Time, 1848–71. Died since 1886.