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Rudolf Erich Raspe

Rudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue". He is best known for his collection of tall tales The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, also known as Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, originally a satirical work with political aims.

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Rudolf Erich Raspe

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Rudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue"...

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Baron Munchausen

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[ˈmʏnçˌhaʊzn̩]) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels...

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Raspe

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(1944–1977), urban guerilla Jeff Raspe (born 1966), Music Director, WBJB, 90.5 The Night, Brookdale Public Radio Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794), writer This page...

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, or Baron Munchausen, were compiled by Rudolf Erich Raspe and published for English readers in 1785 as The Surprising Adventures...

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Tipu Sultan

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the prologue. In The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe, Munchausen vanquishes Tipu near the end of the novel. Sharpe's Tiger...

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Kassel

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Grimms' Fairy Tales Helmut Kollars (born 1968), writer and illustrator Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794), University of Kassel librarian who fled to England after...

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Factitious disorder imposed on self

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the Russo-Turkish War. In 1785, German-born writer and con artist Rudolf Erich Raspe anonymously published a book in which a heavily fictionalized version...

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The Secret of the Selenites

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Campaigns in Russia (1785) by Rudolf Erich Raspe. Baron Munchausen, the titular protagonist, is a fictional German nobleman. Raspe based the character on a...

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Baron

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Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), on the basis of which Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote the tales of Baron Munchausen....

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Hanover

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historian. Oliver Pocher (born 1978), comedian and television presenter Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794), German librarian, writer and scientist Else Raydt (1883–1931)...

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Commander McBragg

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taken from or were imitations of the Baron Munchausen stories of Rudolf Erich Raspe. The Englishness of the commander, the reluctance of his audience...

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Factitious disorder imposed on another

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nobleman and well-known storyteller. In 1785, writer and con artist Rudolf Erich Raspe anonymously published a book in which a fictional version of "Baron...

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Jonah

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Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, published by Rudolf Erich Raspe in 1785. Though art and culture often depicts Jonah's fish as a whale...

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Nathan the Wise

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Decameron. Nathan the Wise: a Philosophical Drama, translated by Rudolf Erich Raspe. London, J. Fielding, 1781. Nathan the Wise: a Dramatic Poem, translated...

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Francesco Algarotti

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kommentierten Edition der 5. Fassung des "Saggio" und ihrer Übersetzung durch Rudolf Erich Raspe. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-054209-7. Catalogo...

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Bootstrapping

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without external help. The term is sometimes attributed to a story in Rudolf Erich Raspe's The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, but in that story...

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Heidelberg Tun

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(and a famously Herculean wine drinker). The Tun is referenced in Rudolf Erich Raspe's The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Jules Verne's novel...

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Great Siege of Gibraltar

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Gibraltar is one of the best accounts of military heroism ever written. Rudolf Erich, Raspe (1809). The Surprising Adventures of Baron Münchhausen. Oxford University...

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List of German chemists

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Pusch Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg Friedrich Raschig Gerhard Raspé Rudolf Erich Raspe Friedrich Rathgen Bernhard Rathke Ferdinand Reich Carl Reichenbach...

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1785 in literature

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Richard Graves – Eugenius Karl Philipp Moritz – Anton Reiser (to 1790) Rudolf Erich Raspe, anonymously – Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels...

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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

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Terry Gilliam (director, screenplay), Charles McKeown (screenplay), Rudolf Erich Raspe (original stories), Gottfried August Bürger (original stories) Allied...

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How Six Made Their Way in the World

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the King's Daughter", "The Clever Little Tailor".[citation needed] Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August Bürger interpolated an adaptation of the tale...

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Classics Illustrated

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novels), Frank Buck (two of his novels), Charles Boardman Hawes (two novels), Erich Maria Remarque, Talbot Mundy, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, and Emerson Hough...

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Nikolay Vorontsov

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Moscow. In 2009, The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe was again awarded in the "Art of the Book" contest. In 1997, the book...

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