Onno Klopp (9 October 1822 in Leer,

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– 9 August 1903 in Penzing, Austria) was a German historian, best known as the author of ''Der Fall des Hauses Stuart'' (The Fall of the

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), the fullest existing account of the later Stuarts. He is also known as one of the few German historians who denigrated

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Life

Klopp was educated at the universities of

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and

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(1841–1845). For a few years, he was a teacher at Leer and at

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. In 1858, he settled at

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, where he became intimate with

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, who made him his Archivrat. Thoroughly disliking

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, he was in hearty accord with George in resisting the empire's aggressive policy. After the annexation of Hanover in 1866 he accompanied the exiled king to

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. He became a

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in 1874. He died at Penzing, near

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, in 1903. Klopp is best known as the author of ''Der Fall des Hauses Stuart'' (Vienna, 1875–1888), the fullest existing account of the later Stuarts.

Works

His ''Der König Friedrich II. und seine Politik'' (Schaffhausen 1867) and ''Geschichte Ostfrieslands'' (Hanover, 1854–1858) show his dislike of Prussia. His other works include ''Der dreissigjährige Krieg bis zum Tode Gustav Adolfs'' (Paderborn, 1891–1896); a revised edition of his ''Tilly im Dreißigjährigen Krieg'' (Stuttgart, 1861); a life of

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, ''König Georg V.'' (Hanover, 1878); ''Das Jahr 1683'' (1882); and ''Phillipp Melanchthon'' (Berlin, 1897). He edited ''Corrispondenza epistolare tra Leopoldo I. imperatore ed il P. Marco d'Aviano cappuccino'' (Gratz, 1888). Klopp also wrote much in defence of George V and his claim to Hanover, including the ''Offizieller Bericht über die Kriegsereignisse zwischen Hanover und Preussen im Juni 1866'' (Vienna, 1867), and he edited the works of

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in eleven volumes.Die Werke von Leibniz. Reihe 1: Historisch-politische und staatswissenschaftliche Schriften, Hannover, 1864-84

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