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Christian Karl Josias, baron von Bunsen
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Born August 25, 1791 • Germany
Died November 28, 1860 (aged 69) • Bonn • Germany

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Christian Bunsen, detail from a lithograph, 1831
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Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
German chancellor and prime minister
Wilhelm, Baron von Humboldt, oil painting by F. Krüger
Wilhelm von Humboldt
German language scholar
Haugwitz, drawing, before 1776; in the Lavater portrait collection
Christian, count von Haugwitz
Prussian minister and diplomat
Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel
Prussian general
Christian Günther, count von Bernstorff
Danish diplomat
Albrecht, count von Bernstorff
Prussian statesman
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow
German scientist
William II.
William II
emperor of Germany
William I
William I
emperor of Germany
Bernhard, Fürst von Bülow
Bernhard, prince von Bülow
chancellor of Germany
Franz von Papen
Franz von Papen
German statesman
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
Karl Vasilyevich, Count Nesselrode
Karl Vasilyevich, Count Nesselrode
Russian foreign minister
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Leo, Graf von Caprivi
Leo, count von Caprivi
German chancellor
Roon, engraving by K. Tetzel, 1861
Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon
Prussian minister of war
Treitschke, Heinrich von
Heinrich von Treitschke
German historian
Chlodwig Karl Viktor, prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst
Chlodwig Karl Viktor, prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
German chancellor
Belmont, August
August Belmont
American banker
Heinrich von Sybel
German historian