Gerhard Diedrich Jakob von Tiesenhausen ( lv, Gerhards fon Tīzenhauzens; 26 March 1878,
Tartu
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– 26 October 1917,
Tiraspol
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) was a
Livonian art nouveau
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architect
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. He was from the
Tiesenhausen
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s ancestry, father of
Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen
Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (22 February 1913 – 17 August 2000) was a German naval commander during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Career
Von Tiesenhausen was born on 22 February 1913 ...
.
[Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Estland, 193]
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References
External links
www.tiesenhausen.de
1878 births
1917 deaths
People from Tartu
People from Kreis Dorpat
Baltic-German people
Latvian architects
Art Nouveau architects
Riga Technical University alumni
Architects from the Russian Empire
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