Alfred, Ritter von Arneth

Alfred, Ritter von Arneth (born July 10, 1819, Vienna—died July 30, 1897, Vienna) was a historian important chiefly for his work in evaluating and publishing sources for Austrian history found in the Vienna state archives. In 1841 Arneth was appointed by the Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich to a post at the state archives, of which he became keeper in 1868. In 1879 he became president of the Imperial Academy of the Sciences, and in...