Falk, Adalbert, Prussian statesman, born at Metschkau, Silesia; as Minister of Public Worship and Education he was instrumental in passing laws designed to diminish the influence of the clergy in State affairs; retired in 1879; b. 1827.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Falconry * Falkirk