The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Klöden, Karl Friedrich von

KLÖDEN, klėr'dĕn, Karl Friedrich von, German educator and geographer: b. Berlin, 1786; d. 1856. He received his education while apprenticed to a goldsmith; became Potsdam normal school director in 1817, and director, seven years later, in a Berlin commercial school. His chief geographical works are 'Landeskunde von Pälastina' (1816); 'Grundlinien zu einer neuen Theorie der Erdgestaltung' (1824). Prominent among his historical works are 'Ueber die Enstehung, das Alter und die früheste geschichte der Städte Berlin und Köln' (1839); 'Lebens und Regierungs geschichte Friedrich Wilhelms III' (1840); 'Die Quitzows und ihre Zeit' (3d ed., 1889). Consult 'Jugend Errin-nerungen Karl Friedrichs von Klöden,' an autobiography (Leipzig 1874).