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Heinrich Abeken was born on 19 August 1809 in Osnabrück, Germany.
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Bismarck's Pen: The Life of Heinrich Abeken (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Bismarck's Pen: The Life of Heinrich Abeken Like most of the burghers of Osnabruck, Wilhelm Abeken had a large garden outside the town, in addition to the small one belonging to his house in town. Thither the family would often go and take their meals in the open air, and every expedition of this kind was a festival to Heinrich. His great-grandfather had had a picture painted in the summer - house, Jacob wrestling With the Angel; and the text beneath it, I will not let Thee go except Thou bless me, was all his life a source of strength to him, for he too wrestled from a Child, in joy and sorrow, until the end. The only large room in his father's house was the family sitting-room, Where each member brought his work, and Abeken used to say that this had been of great service to him, for it taught him to concentrate his mind on his own work, so that afterwards, both in the office and in travelling, he was able to work under the most difficult conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Schlichtes Leben in bewegter Zeit, Dritte Auflage, 1904 (German Edition)
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A letter to the Rev. E.B. Pusey :: in reference to certain charges against the German church, contained in his letter to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Heinrich Abeken: Ein Schlichtes Leben in Bewegter Zeit, Aus Briefen Zusammengestellt (German Edition)
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Die Tragische Losung Im Philoktet Des Sophokles (1860) (German Edition)
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Heinrich Abeken
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The quill of Bismarck
Education
After finishing the college in Osnabrück, he moved in 1827 to visit the University of Berlin to study theology. He soon combined philosophical and philological studies and was interested in art and modern literature.
Career
In 1831, Abeken acquired a licenciate of theology. At the end of the year he visited Rome, and was welcomed in the house of Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von Bunsen.
Abeken participated in Bunsen's works, namely an evangelic prayer and hymn-book. In 1834 became chaplain to the Prussian embassy in Rome.
In 1841, he was sent to England to help founding a German-English evangelic episcopacy in Jerusalem.
In the same year, he was sent by Frederick William IV of Prussia to Egypt and Ethiopia, where he joined an expedition led by professor Karl Richard Lepsius. In 1845 and 1846 he returned via Jerusalem and Rome to Germany. He became Legation Councillor in Berlin, later Council Referee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1848 he received an appointment in the Prussian ministry for foreign affairs, and in 1853 was promoted to be privy councillor of legation (Geheimer Legationsrath). Abeken remained in charge for more than twenty years of Prussian politics, assisting Otto Theodor Freiherr von Manteuffel and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
He was much employed by Bismarck in the writing of official despatches, and stood high in the favour of King William, whom he often accompanied on his journeys as representative of the foreign office.
He was present with the king during the campaigns of 1866 and 1870-71. In 1851 he published anonymously Babylon und Jerusalem, a slashing criticism of the views of the Countess von Hahn-Hahn.
During the war against Austria in 1866 as well as in the wars against France in 1870 and 1871, Abeken stayed in the Prussian headquarters.
Heinrich Abeken died of the consequences of a stroke in 1872 in Berlin.
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Bismarck's Pen: The Life of Heinrich Abeken (Classic Reprint)
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Die Tragische Losung Im Philoktet Des Sophokles (1860) (German Edition)
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Schlichtes Leben in bewegter Zeit, Dritte Auflage, 1904 (German Edition)
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Heinrich Abeken: Ein Schlichtes Leben in Bewegter Zeit, Aus Briefen Zusammengestellt (German Edition)
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- A letter to the Rev. E.B. Pusey :: in reference to certain charges against the German church, contained in his letter to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Bismarck's Pen: The Life of Heinrich Abeken (Classic Reprint)
Membership
He was a member of the Archeological Society of Rome and a member of the prize commission for the royal Schiller-Prize.
Personality
Quotes from others about the person
Emperor Wilhelm I described Abeken in a condolence letter to his widow: "One of my most reliable advisors, standing on my side in the most decisive moments; His loss is irreplaceable to me; In him his fatherland has lost one of the most noble and most loyal men and officials. "
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He was a son of a merchant. He was twice married. Heinrich Abken left no children.
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Died
August 8, 1872 (aged 62) -
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Dorotheenstadt cemetery, Berlin, Germany -
Nationality
German