Gentz

Gentz, Friedrich von, the son of a Prussian official, was born at Breslau in 1764. He held for a time a post under the Prussian Government with the rank of Kriegsrath. His sympathies with the French Revolution were counteracted by Burke's Reflections, which he translated into German. Visiting England at the end of the century, he made the friendship of Mackintosh. He now became a professional political writer, having apparently no convictions, but being ready to serve any party with his pen. He steadily opposed, however, the spread of the Revolution and the rise of Napoleon. In 1802 he transferred himself to Vienna, accompanied Castlereagh to the Conference there, and was present at all the subsequent congresses. He died in 1832.