ARMORUM ARCHIVE
Austrian army officer, museum curator and pioneering historian of arms and armour. Wendelin Boeheim combined practical military experience with systematic study of historical weapons, notably in his Handbuch der Waffenkunde.
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Baltic German landowner and provincial official from Courland in the Russian Empire, also known as Hermann Graf von Keyserlingk. He wrote Erörterungen über das Duell nebst einem Vorschlage, first published at Dorpat in 1864.
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Whitton Park Club is represented in the reviewed catalogue records as author of “A Descriptive Account of the Exhibition of Swordsmanship by Members of Whitton Park Club” (1897). No additional biographical identity or secure life dates are asserted beyond these linked manifestations.
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British politician, collector, and author connected with the documentation of Indian and Oriental arms and armour. His handbook for the India Museum became an important reference work for the study of South Asian weaponry and military material culture, making him relevant to the broader arms-history side of the database.
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Wilhelm Lübeck is represented in the reviewed catalogue records as author of “Lehr- und Handbuch der deutschen Fechtkunst” (1865). No additional biographical identity or secure life dates are asserted beyond these linked manifestations.
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English poet associated with Oxfordshire. His verse dialogue Sword and Buckler, or Serving-Man’s Defence was printed in 1602 under the name William Bas.
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English jurist, judge and legal scholar whose Commentaries on the Laws of England became a foundational exposition of English common law. William Blackstone’s treatment includes the legal framework surrounding homicide and duelling.
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English mathematician, engineer, and artillery writer whose works occupy an important place in early modern practical military science. `The Arte of Shooting in Great Ordnaunce` is a key text in the bibliography for artillery and ordnance practice, linking mathematical reasoning, service experience, and early technical print culture.
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British soldier and writer, identified on the title page as a former private in the 10th Royal Hussars. He wrote military reminiscences and practical works including Duelling Days in the Army.
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English political philosopher, novelist and radical writer, best known for An Enquiry concerning Political Justice (1793).
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William H. Waldron is represented in the reviewed catalogue records as author of “Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet Training” (1917). No additional biographical identity or secure life dates are asserted beyond these linked manifestations.
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William Hone is represented in the reviewed catalogue records as author of “Hone's Popular Works — duel references” (1873). No additional biographical identity or secure life dates are asserted beyond these linked manifestations.
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