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Gottfried von Strassburg

(Encyclopedia) Gottfried von StrassburgGottfried von Strassburggôtˈfrēt fən shträsˈb&oobreve;rkh [key], fl. 13th cent., German poet, also called Godfrey of Strasbourg. He is thought to have been…

Galle, Johann Gottfried

(Encyclopedia) Galle, Johann GottfriedGalle, Johann Gottfriedyōˈhän gôtˈfrēt gäˈlə [key], 1812–1910, German astronomer. He is noted for his discovery of the planet Neptune, Sept. 23, 1846, by…

Schadow, Johann Gottfried

(Encyclopedia) Schadow, Johann GottfriedSchadow, Johann Gottfriedyōˈhän gôtˈfrēt shäˈdôf [key], 1764–1850, German sculptor of the neoclassical school. He studied in Rome. In 1788 he returned to…

Schnabel, Johann Gottfried

(Encyclopedia) Schnabel, Johann GottfriedSchnabel, Johann Gottfriedyōˈhän gôtˈfrēt [key]Schnabel, Johann Gottfried shnäˈbəl [key], b. 1692, d. after 1742, German author, whose pseudonym was Gisander…

Bürger, Gottfried August

(Encyclopedia) Bürger, Gottfried AugustBürger, Gottfried Augustgôtˈfrēt ouˈg&oobreve;st bürˈgər [key], 1747–94, German poet. He is best known for his ballads in folk-song style; the famous Lenore…

Edward GILBERT, Congress, CA (18191852)

GILBERT, Edward, a Representative from California; born in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N.Y., about 1819; attended the public schools; was a compositor on the Albany Argus in 1839, and later…

Lewis, Gilbert Newton

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875–1946, American chemist, b. Weymouth, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1896; Ph.D., 1899). He taught at Harvard and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (…

Highet, Gilbert Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Highet, Gilbert ArthurHighet, Gilbert Arthurhīˈət [key], 1906–78, American classicist, b. Glasgow, Scotland. In 1951 Highet became a citizen of the United States. He was a professor of…

Hitchcock, Gilbert Monell

(Encyclopedia) Hitchcock, Gilbert Monell, 1859–1934, American newspaper publisher and political leader, b. Omaha, Nebr. A lawyer, he founded (1885) the Omaha Evening World, combined it (1889) with…