!!!Haus, Anton Freiherr von

b. Tolmin (Slovenia), June 13, 1851, 
d. near Pula, Croatia (then Pola), Feb. 8, 1917, admiral. 1900-1901 
commander of one of the corvettes circumnavigating the earth, 
1901-1902 commander of a frigate of the international strike fleet 
during the Chinese Boxer Rebellion; in 1910 vice admiral, 1912-1913 
naval inspector, 1913 navy commander. In 1915 headed the imperial 
fleet during the attack on the east coast of Italy. In 1916 became 
Grand Admiral. Was posthumously dubbed a knight of Maria Theresia and 
raised to the nobility.

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Work: Grundzuege der Ozeanographie and maritimen Meteorologie, 1891.

!Literature
P. G. Halpern, A. H. Oesterreich-Ungarns 
Grossadmiral, 1998; OeBL; NDB.



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