John Maurice Brühl, Count von Brühl

(1736-1809)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brühl, John Maurice, 1736-1809 NRA: Bruhl Hans Moritz Von (1736-1809) Count von Bruhl German astronomer ambassador to London DNB: Brühl, John Maurice [Hans Moritz], Count von Brühl (1736-1809), diplomatist and patron of science LBT ID: JoBruhl1809 VIAF ID: 5690931 LOC ID: nr2001025474	B/BAP: 1736-12-20 DIED: 1809-01-22
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The Saxon ambassador to London (1764-1809) who published books on astronomy. His daughter Lady Polwarth was a friend of Walter Scott.
REFERENCES TO John Maurice Brühl, Count von Brühl: Walter Scott to William Clerk, 23 August 1795 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VII 1792-96 Chapter VIII 1796-97 Found 1: ¶ 3