Hermann von Boyen

Leopold Hermann Ludwig von Boyen (20 June or July 23, 1771 – February 15 1848) served as an army officer who helped to reform the Prussian army in the early 19th century. He also served as minister of war of Prussia in the period 1 March 1841 - 6 October 1847.

Works

Hermann von Boyen wrote (among other works):

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• Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Generals v. Scharnhorst (Berlin, 1833)
• Erinnerungen aus dem Leben des Generalleutnants v. Günther (Berlin, 1834).

He also wrote the song Der Preußen Losung (1838).

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Von Boyen's son Hermann von Boyen, General Adjutant to the King, retired a Governor of Berlin in 1879.

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