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Jensen, Johannes Hans Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Jensen, Johannes Hans Daniel, 1907–73, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Hamburg, 1932. Jensen was a professor at the Technical Univ. of Hanover from 1941 to 1949, when he joined the…

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit

(Encyclopedia) Auber, Daniel-François-EspritAuber, Daniel-François-Espritdänyĕlˈ fräNswäˈ ĕsprēˈ ōbĕrˈ [key], 1782–1871, French operatic composer. His greatest successes resulted from his…

Moi, Daniel Toroitich arap

(Encyclopedia) Moi, Daniel Toroitich arapMoi, Daniel Toroitich arapmôy [key], 1924–2020, president of Kenya (1978–2002). First named to the legislature in 1955, he opposed Kikuyu and Luo dominance…

Lohenstein, Daniel Caspar von

(Encyclopedia) Lohenstein, Daniel Caspar vonLohenstein, Daniel Caspar vondäˈnēĕl käsˈpär fən lōˈənshtīn [key], 1635–83, German dramatist, novelist, and poet. Lohenstein is credited with having…

Buchman, Frank Nathan Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Buchman, Frank Nathan DanielBuchman, Frank Nathan Danielb&oobreve;kˈmən [key], 1878–1961, American evangelist, b. Pennsburg, Pa. The international movement he founded has been…

Schleiermacher, Friedrich Daniel Ernst

(Encyclopedia) Schleiermacher, Friedrich Daniel ErnstSchleiermacher, Friedrich Daniel Ernstfrēˈdrĭkh däˈnyĕl ĕrnst shlīˈərmäkhˌər [key], 1768–1834, German Protestant theologian, b. Breslau. He broke…

Hampton, Wade, Confederate general

(Encyclopedia) Hampton, Wade, 1818–1902, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Charleston, S.C.; grandson of Wade Hampton (c.1752–1835). Hampton, a wealthy planter, served (1852–61) in…

Daniel NEWNAN, Congress, GA (17801851)

NEWNAN, Daniel, a Representative from Georgia; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., about 1780; completed preparatory studies; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in…

Daniel MILLER, Congress, FL (1942)

MILLER, Daniel, a Representative from Florida; born in Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich., May 30, 1942; graduated from Manatee High School, Bradenton, Fla., 1960; B.S., University of Florida…

Daniel LIPINSKI, Congress, IL (1966)

LIPINSKI, Daniel, (son of William Oliver Lipinski), a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 15, 1966; B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1988; M.S…