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Gustavus Adolphus

British  
/ əˈdɒlfəs /

noun

  1. 1594–1632, king of Sweden (1611–32). A brilliant general, he waged successful wars with Denmark, Russia, and Poland and in the Thirty Years' War led a Protestant army against the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Empire (1630–32). He defeated Tilly at Leipzig (1631) and Lech (1632) but was killed at the battle of Lützen

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The 120-acre plot that includes over a dozen formal gardens and restored natural areas has been renamed “The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2021

Nathan Baring is an environmental student activist on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus in St. Peter.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2019

She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., and received an M.F.A. in painting and printmaking from Ohio University.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2018

Seeking her path: Boda earned a degree in Asian studies and Spanish from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2018

It was fashioned to resemble the great Gustavus Adolphus, and in the dimly-lighted church, filled with dense smoke, it looked to all intents and purposes like a ghost arising from the vaults underneath.

From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de

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