DELBRUCK. drd'bruk.
A I;eritiali eomparative philologist and Sansl
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DELBRiiCK, \burn N VON (1S17 190:11. .\ Cerniall in Berlin.
came of a family. hi- father, Johan Gottlieb Dello-tick (died 1s311), ha ing been preceptor of the Iwo Prussian aften\ ardv, re,pectively kno\vii n. 1<.ing
I \ and Emperor \\ illiont I. Ile studied in Ilally. Rein, and Berlin, .\fter an association of fifteen \\nit the Dore:mot I organized a, thy .Nlini•try of Commerce in . he became in 1ti59 director of the De partment of Commerce and Industry, in \\ rapacity he skillful]' t Ile 1:V1'1111W 7,011Verein and negot inlet] important with Prance Ist).2), and ly it 11 England, Belgiuui, Ma ly', and other 'tare:. in .1tigust. lsti7. Di-march secured his ad\anntccnt to the presideityy of the Chancery of the North liertnati Confederation. Ile also be came a l'ru••inn Alini•ter of State in Ititts), and in both in. which he was the lepre-entative of the 'Iron It:m(4.110r; he di,• plrlyed a ,Arid adherence to constitutional prin ciples. notwithstanding the great difficulties fre qu•ntly encountered in the defense of thy measures advocated by ltismarel:. Oct ober, ISTO, srnl on diploinatie to tlie Variolt: court.; of Soutli I lermany. in order to promote the unification of the country, rind the ultimate of the treaties at 15. 2:3. and 25. 1•4701 \vas directly due to the skill and tact with which 1)elbriick had discharged this important mission. Ile \\its pre-ident of the Imperial Chanyellery until ISTII. when began to inaugurate that pro tective policy 'which 1)ellirtiel: as the I-vim...Nita five uil free trade had ever strenuously opposed. Ilk literary productions include the amaiyinotis monooraph r Zo//rert lit tins Tith?li.'Ntilf,110 (1S57 ) and the legal trenti,e entitled Der .Irtikt/ 'itp der lei ieliserriassistiq.