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Created page with "== Boris de Zirkoff == '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Niebuhr, Barthold Georg}}'''. German statesman and historian, b. at Copenhagen, Aug. 27, 1776; d. at Bonn, Jan. 2, 1831. Studied at Univ. of Kiel; became private secretary to Count Schimmel-mann, Danish minister of finance; in 1799, entered state service. Chief director of the National Bank from 1804 to 1806, when he took a similar appointment in Prussia. In 1810, was made royal historiographer and pro..."