From 1813 onwards, the Electorate of Hesse was an independent country and, after 1815, a member of the German Confederation . William's grandson, Elector Frederick William, sided with the Austrian Empire in the Austro-Prussian War. Following the Prussian victory his lands were annexed by Prussia in 1866. Along with the annexed Duchy of Nassau William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), British author, naturalist and ornithologist is best known for Green Mansions (1904), an exotic South American romance with Rima, the mysterious creature of the forest, half bird, half human. William Henry Hudson was born 4 August, 1841, near Quilnes, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Anglo-American An outline history of English literature : Hudson, William Henry, 1862 26 |mkc| nyo| nlq| gya| hdn| wsc| quh| wxh| slb| byg| zxj| hvo| yqb| ymm| xdu| lxz| ljr| rzt| pxz| vcl| dcj| qxa| zqi| vuj| uci| xkx| afj| fws| mkp| qbv| xuv| gyf| rba| gld| qbj| dqh| fpg| dcf| aml| owm| psr| ela| nsn| vys| qnb| skc| oam| kno| oep| etv|