FRIEDRICH VON GENTZ
\fɹˈiːdɹɪt͡ʃ vˈɒn d͡ʒˈɛnts], \fɹˈiːdɹɪtʃ vˈɒn dʒˈɛnts], \f_ɹ_ˈiː_d_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ v_ˈɒ_n dʒ_ˈɛ_n_t_s]\
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A German publicist and controversial writer; born in Breslau, May 2, 1764; died near Vienna, June 9, 1832. His early predilections were favorable to the French Revolution; later he attacked it in various writings, including translations from Edmund Burke, Mallet du Pan, and Mounier. His political career was very brilliant. He labored assiduously to form the Holy Alliance. He was a very able and persuasive writer of political pamphlets and of books against Napoleon; the most widely read being "Origin and Character of the War against the French Revolution", and "Fragments of a History of the Balance of Power in Europe".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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