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Fabricius, Johan Christian

(Encyclopedia) Fabricius, Johan ChristianFabricius, Johan Christianyōhănˈ krĭsˈtyän fäbrēˈsy&oobreve;s [key], 1745–1808, Danish entomologist. Influenced by the methods of Linnaeus, under whom he…

Schönbein, Christian Friedrich

(Encyclopedia) Schönbein, Christian FriedrichSchönbein, Christian Friedrichkrĭsˈtyän frēˈdrĭkh shönˈbīn [key], 1799–1868, German chemist. From 1828 he taught at the Univ. of Basel (as professor from…

Bach, Johann Christian

(Encyclopedia) Bach, Johann ChristianBach, Johann Christiankrĭsˈtyän [key]Bach, Johann Christian bäkh [key], 1735–82, German musician and composer; son of J. S. Bach. He went to Italy in 1754, became…

Poggendorff, Johann Christian

(Encyclopedia) Poggendorff, Johann ChristianPoggendorff, Johann Christianyōˈhän krĭsˈtyän pôgˈəndôrfˌ [key], 1796–1877, German physicist and chemist. He founded (1824) and edited the important…

Prescott, Edward Christian

(Encyclopedia) Prescott, Edward Christian, 1940–, American economist, b. Glen Falls, N.Y., Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1967. Prescott has taught at Carnegie Mellon (1971–80), the Univ. of Minnesota…

Rove, Karl Christian

(Encyclopedia) Rove, Karl Christian, 1950–, U.S. political consultant and government official, b. Denver, Colo. Politically active in high school, he joined College Republicans while at the Univ. of…

Rauch, Christian Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Rauch, Christian DanielRauch, Christian Danielkrĭsˈtyän däˈnyĕl roukh [key], 1777–1857, German sculptor. After studying in Rome (1804–11 and again later), where his work was influenced…

Rakovsky, Christian Georgyevich

(Encyclopedia) Rakovsky, Christian GeorgyevichRakovsky, Christian Georgyevichkhrĭstyänˈ gēyŏrˈgyĭvĭch rəkôfˈskē [key], 1873–1938, Soviet Communist diplomat. His early revolutionary activities…

Rask, Rasmus Christian

(Encyclopedia) Rask, Rasmus ChristianRask, Rasmus Christianräsˈm&oobreve;s krĭsˈtyän räsk [key], 1787–1832, Danish philologist. Rask was a major linguistic pioneer. He published one of the first…

Oersted, Hans Christian

(Encyclopedia) Oersted or Ørsted, Hans ChristianOersted or Ørsted, Hans Christianhäns krĭsˈtyän örˈstĭᵺ [key], 1777–1851, Danish physicist and chemist. He was professor at Copenhagen from 1806. His…