1. Karl Blind was a German revolutionist and writer on politics, history, mythology and German literature.
12 Facts About Karl Blind
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Karl Blind was taken prisoner and sentenced to eight years' confinement, but after eight months in prison, he was freed by a revolutionary mob while being taken to Mainz.
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Karl Blind then went to Karlsruhe, whence he was sent by the provisional government of Baden as an envoy to Paris.
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Karl Blind maintained an active correspondence with other democratic leaders, like Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Louis Blanc.
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Karl Blind was pardoned by the Baden government in 1867.
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Karl Blind married a widow, Friederike Cohen around 1849.
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Karl Blind already had a daughter, Mathilde, and son, Ferdinand from her first marriage.
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Karl Blind organised working parties for the Serbian Red Cross during the First World War.
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Karl Blind is best known for her endowment in 1925 of the Ottilie Hancock and Hertha Ayrton Fellowships at Girton College, Cambridge.
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Karl Blind's best known works were The Golden Gates, Christ the Consoler, The World's Desire, Love's Extasy, and The Throne of Grace.
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Karl Blind married Annie Sarah and they had 3 sons.
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Karl Blind published a great number of political essays and brief articles on history, mythology, and German literature.