Anton Balthasar King

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Anton Balthasar König (born December 13, 1753 , † January 14, 1814 ) was a German historian and genealogist .

König graduated from the Cöllnisches Gymnasium , Berlin, and then worked as a registrar and secretary in the general directorate. From around 1800 he was employed as a councilor for the Order of St. John . König became known for his work on historical and genealogical content.

Works (selection)

  • Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service. 4 parts, Berlin 1788-1791; Reprint in 4 parts: LTR, Starnberg 1989, ISBN 3-88706-305-8 .
  • Life description of the royal. Prussia. Field Marshal General Kurt Christoph Count von Schwerin : Put on on the occasion of Berger's copperplate engraving representing Schwerin's death. Kunze, Berlin a. Frankfurt ad Oder 1790, digitized
  • Life and deeds Jakob Paul Freiherrn von Gundling , Royal Prussian Secret War, Chamber, Higher Appeal and Chamber Court Council as well as Master of Ceremonies and President at the Royal. Societät der Wissenschaften etc. of a very strange and adventurous man , Berlin 1795 (reprint: Berliner Handpresse, Berlin 1980)
  • Berlin, described historically and geographically from its creation to the present day. Along with some remarks on the literature, customs and traditions of its inhabitants , Dieterici, Berlin 1798
  • Authentic news of the life and deeds of George Freiherr von Derfflinger , digitized
  • Historically remarkable contributions to the war history of the great Elector Friedrich Wilhelms in the biography of Otto Christoph Freyherrn v. Sparr , digitized

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Anton Balthasar König  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ König in the BnF database (as of November 30, 2013).
  2. ↑ Berliner Sittengemilder in: Nachrichten aus dem alten Berlin 1998, p. 87.
  3. ^ Deneke / Brandis: The bequests in the libraries of the Federal Republic of Germany , Bobbpard am Rhein 1981, p. 194.
personal data
SURNAME King, Anton Balthasar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, genealogist and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1753
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1814
Place of death Berlin