Heinrich Von Sybel, a German historian, born in Dusseldorf, Dec. 2, 1817. He studied in Berlin under Ranke, graduated in 1841 at Bonn, and was professor there in 1844-'5, then at Marburg till 1856, and subsequently at Munich, where he founded the first historical seminary established in Germany. He resumed his chair at Bonn in 1861, and in 1875 was appointed director of the archives at Berlin. In 1862-6 he was a member of the Prussian chamber, and in 1867 of the constituent Reichstag of the North German confederation. His works include Geschichte der Revolutions-zeit 1789-'95 (3 vols., Dusseldorf, 1853-7; English translation by Perry, London, 1868; new ed., continued to 1800, 5 vols., Dusseldorf, 1874 et seq.):, Kleine Mstorisctie Schrif-ten (2 vols., Munich, 1862-9); Die deutschen und auswdrtljen Universitdten (enlarged ed., Bonn, 1874); and Klerikale Politih im neun-zehnten Jahrhundert, in defence of Prince Bismarck's policy (1874; English translation by J. S. Henderson, London, 1874).