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- Born
- 1841
- Died
- 1918
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Geschichte der Nassauischen Eisenindustrie von den Anfängen bis zur zeit des dreissigjährigen Krieges
- Beck's Geschichte des eisen
- Die Geschichte des Eisens in technischer und kulturgeschichtlicher Beziehung
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,438x
- An Inventory for Measuring Depression
· 1961 · cited 28,269x
- Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation
· 1995 · cited 19,744x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
· 1999 · cited 15,865x
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Key facts
- Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler
- Leader
- Werner von Fritsch as Supreme Commander of the Army
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Franz Halder
- President
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Born
- Ludwig August Theodor Beck , ( 1880-06-29 ) 29 June 1880, Biebrich , Hesse-Nassau , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- 20 July 1944 (1944-07-20) (aged 64), Berlin , Free State of Prussia , Nazi Germany
- Spouse
- Amelie Pagenstecher ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 ; died 1917 )
- Domestic partner
- Amalie Christine Auguste Luise Pagenstecher
- Children
- Gertrud Beck
- Parent s
- Ludwig Beck [ de ] , Bertha Draudt
- Allegiance
- German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
- Branch service
- German Army
- Years of service
- 1898–1938
- Rank
- Generaloberst
- Battles wars
- World War I , World War II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Theodor
- Family name
- Beck
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Biebrich
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Imperial German Army
- Military rank
- Generaloberst
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C13564, Ludwig Beck.jpg
- Significant event
- 20 July plot
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- Commons category
- Ludwig Beck
- date of birth
- 1880-06-29
- date of death
- 1944-07-21
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Ludwig Beck
- birth name
- Ludwig August Theodor Beck
- place of burial
- Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- start of work period
- 1898-00-00
- P8168
- Ak-Tüz
- end of work period
- 1938-00-00
- depicted by
- Karl Ludwig Diehl
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Encyclopedic overview
Ludwig August Theodor Beck ( German: [ˈluːt.vɪç bɛk] ; 29 June 1880 – 20 July 1944) was a German general who served as Chief of the German General Staff from 1933 to 1938. Beck was one of the main conspirators of the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Beck was a staff officer in the Truppenamt of the Reichswehr and became a fellow traveller of the Nazis during the Weimar Republic. Beck was appointed Chief of Staff of the German Army shortly after the Nazi rise to power, supporting Hitler's rearmament of Germany and forceful denunciation of the Treaty of Versailles, although he believed Germany needed more time to prepare for another war.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ludwig Beck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.