biography
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Beust, Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von (Count of)
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pronunciation:
[boyst]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1809–86)
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| biography:
| Austrian statesman, born in Dresden, E Germany. He was imperial chancellor (1867–71), and ambassador to London (1871–8) and Paris (1878–82). His chief achievement was the reconciliation of Hungary to Austria within the Dual Monarchy of Austria–Hungary. |
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