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Born Feb. 17, 1699, on Kuckädel Estate, near Crossen, in Saxony; died Sept. 16, 1753, in Berlin. German architect.In 1740, Knobelsdorff became the superintendent of Prussian royal palaces and parks. A precursor of early classicism, he designed a number of buildings with simple yet elegant facades and eleborate rococo interiors. His works include the new wing of Charlottenburg Castle (1740–43 ...

Born Feb. 17, 1699, on Kuckädel Estate, near Crossen, in Saxony; died Sept. 16, 1753, in Berlin. German architect.In 1740, Knobelsdorff became the superintendent of Prussian royal palaces and parks. A precursor of early classicism, he designed a number of buildings with simple yet elegant facades and eleborate rococo interiors. His works include the new wing of Charlottenburg Castle (1740–43 ...

1721–65, British general; third son of George II. Entering the army shortly before the outbreak (1740) of the War of the Austrian Succession, he was defeated by the French at Fontenoy (1745). Returning to England to put down the 1745 rising of the Jacobites, he defeated Prince Charles Edward Stuart at Culloden Moor (1746) and earned the nickname "the Butcher" by his ruthless punishment of the ...

... also Yuri Velten). Born 1730 or 1732 in St. Petersburg; died there 1801. Russian architect.Fel’ten studied at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg from 1740 to 1745. After studying in Tubingen, Stuttgart, and Berlin from 1745 to 1750, he returned to St. Petersburg to study under the architect I. Ia. Shumakher. In 1745 he began working under V. V...

... also Yuri Velten). Born 1730 or 1732 in St. Petersburg; died there 1801. Russian architect.Fel’ten studied at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg from 1740 to 1745. After studying in Tubingen, Stuttgart, and Berlin from 1745 to 1750, he returned to St. Petersburg to study under the architect I. Ia. Shumakher. In 1745 he began working under V. V...