jakob burckhardt

Burck·hardt

[burk-hahrt; German boork-hahrt]
noun
Ja·kob [yah-kawp] , 1818–97, Swiss historian.
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Burckhardt (German ˈbʊrkhart) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Jacob Christoph. 1818--97, Swiss art and cultural historian; author of The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860)

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