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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Prussian officer and US Continental army general (1730-1794)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 17 September 1730
- Died
- 28 November 1794
- Place of birth
- Magdeburg
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- von Steuben
- Father
- Wilhelm Augustin Steuben
- Mother
- Maria Justina von Jagow
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- Chief of Staff
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia, United States
- Native language
- German
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Prussia
- birth name
- Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben
- depicted by
- Baron Frederick William von Steuben
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2004), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, The New Student's Reference Work
- different from
- Steuben
- employer
- Joseph Frederick William
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- military branch
- Prussian Army, Continental Army
- military, police or special rank
- Fänrik, lieutenant
- name in native language
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben
- noble title
- baron
- notable work
- Revolutionary War Drill Manual
- place of burial
- Steuben Memorial State Historic Site
- residence
- New York City
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- significant event
- emigration
- start of work period
- 1747
- subject has role
- Hofmarschall, inspector general
- topic's main category
- Category:Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
Subject of
- Baron Frederick William von Steuben
- Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von
- Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben (1730-1794)
- ACAB / Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand, Baron von
- The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand, Baron von
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/United States/Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand, Baron von
- The New Student's Reference Work/Steuben, Frederic William Augustus
- Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von (1730-1794), inspector general of the Continental army
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