Early Life, Family and Training Born on November 13, 1831, in Madliena, Latvia, Carl Huns was a Baltic German Latvian whose early years were shaped by the quiet discipline of a provincial upbringing. His father served the community as a parochial school teacher and an organist, providing a domestic environment rooted in education and music. This foundation led Huns to Riga, where he received his general education at a Lutheran school.…