The German economist Georg Friedrich List (1789-1846) originated the historical theory of economic growth. Friedrich List was born Aug. 6, 1789, in Reutlingen, Württemberg. He attended Latin school, worked in his father's tannery, and at age 17...

German economist and leading defender of PROTECTIONISM who was professor of economics at the University of Tubingen from 1817 to 1819, a journalist in the USA from 1825 to 1832 and subsequently US Consul in Leipzig and then Baden. He campaigned...

Friedrich List (August 6, 1789 – November 30, 1846) was a leading 19th Century German and American economist who developed the "National System" or what some would call today the National System of...

World War I, or the "Great War" (as most Europeans still call it), was one of the biggest disasters in human history. It not only killed and maimed millions, the cream of a generation, it also destroyed the liberal, cosmopolitan system that had been...

Friedrich Schiller's romantic poems of historical figures inspired several operas, including Rossini's William Tell, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, Tchaikovsky's Maid of Orleans, and four Verdi operas. He romanticized and eroticized the political maneuverings of 18th century royalty, helping popularize opera in the process. Adrian...