!!!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. \\ Work: Grundzuege der Ozeanographie and maritimen Meteorologie, 1891. !Literature P. G. Halpern, A. H. Oesterreich-Ungarns Grossadmiral, 1998; OeBL; NDB. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Haus,_Anton_Freiherr_von|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]