Ancillon

Ancillon, Frederic, born in Berlin in 1766. He was appointed professor of history in the Military Academy, and was entrusted with the education of the Crown Prince, afterwards Frederic William IV. In 1831 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs. His great work, Tableau des Revolutions du Systeme Politijue en Europe depuis le XVme Siecle, gives a masterly resume of the principles of statesmanship up to the outbreak of the French Revolution. He died in 1837.