Christian Charles Josias, Baron von Bunsen, was a German diplomat and scholar. He worked in the Papal States and England for a large part of his career.
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William Backhouse Astor Sr.
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William Backhouse Astor Sr. was an American business magnate who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's fortune. He worked as a partner in his father's successful export business. His massive
Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen
…University of Göttingen, where he studied philosophy under Christian Gottlob Heyne, and supported himself by teaching and later by acting as tutor to William Backhouse Astor, John Jacob's son. Bunsen had been recommended to Astor by Heyne. He won the university prize essay of the year 1812 with his treatise, De Iure…
Astor, c. 1850
Portrait of Mrs. William Backhouse Astor (née Margaret Rebecca Armstrong), 1865