KLOPP

klopp, onno (1822-1903), german historian, was born at leer on the 9th of october 1822, and was educated at the universities of bonn, berlin and gottingen. for a few years he was a teacher at leer and at osnabruck; but in 1858 he settled at hanover, where he became intimate with king george v., who made him his _archivrat_. thoroughly disliking prussia, he was in hearty accord with george in resisting her aggressive policy; and after the annexation of hanover in 1866 he accompanied the exiled king to hietzing. he became a roman catholic in 1874. he died at penzing, near vienna, on the 9th of august 1903. klopp is best known as the author of _der fall des hauses stuart_ (vienna, 1875-1888), the fullest existing account of the later stuarts. his _der konig friedrich ii. und seine politik_ (schaffhausen, 1867) and _geschichte ostfrieslands_ (hanover, 1854-1858) show his dislike of prussia. his other works include _der dreissigjahrige krieg bis zum tode gustav adolfs_ (paderborn, 1891-1896); a revised edition of his _tilly im dreissigjahrigen kriege_ (stuttgart, 1861); a life of george v., _konig georg v._ (hanover, 1878); _phillipp melanchthon_ (berlin, 1897). he edited _corrispondenza epistolare tra leopoldo i. imperatore ed il p. marco l'aviano capuccino_ (gratz, 1888). klopp also wrote much in defence of george v. and his claim to hanover, including the _offizieller bericht uber die kriegsereignisse zwischen hannover und preussen im juni 1866_ (vienna, 1867), and he edited the works of leibnitz in eleven volumes (1861-1884). see w. klopp, _onno klopp: ein lebenslauf_ (wehberg, 1907).