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Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794)
Raspe, Rudolph Eric (räs’pė). A German archæologist and mineralogist; born at Hanover in 1736; died in 1794. A refugee in England, most of his books were published in English. He is the author of the well-known ‘Baron Munchhausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia’ (1785); a recital of many extraordinary adventures taken from ancient German books, but believed by many to have been stories actually related by Baron von Münchhausen (1720–97), who was reputed to have entertained his friends with wonderful tales of his exploits in war. Among his other writings, apart from his works on mineralogy, may be named ‘A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Engraved Stones’ (1791), besides works on philosophy, and historical memoirs.