(Encyclopedia) Lohenstein, Daniel Caspar vonLohenstein, Daniel Caspar vondäˈnēĕl käsˈpär fən lōˈənshtīn [key], 1635–83, German dramatist, novelist, and poet. Lohenstein is credited with having…
(Encyclopedia) Krafft-Ebing, Richard vonKrafft-Ebing, Richard vonrĭkhˈärt fən kräft-āˈbĭng [key], 1840–1902, German physician and neurologist. Professor of psychiatry at Strasbourg (1872), Graz (1873…
(Encyclopedia) Krüdener, Juliana, Baroness vonKrüdener, Juliana, Baroness vonfən krüdˈənər [key], 1764–1824, Russian novelist and mystic. Born a Livonian aristocrat, she married a Russian diplomat.…
(Encyclopedia) Krusenstern, Adam Johann vonKrusenstern, Adam Johann vonäˈdäm yōˈhän fən kr&oomacr;ˈzənshtĕrn [key], 1770–1846, Russian navigator. From 1803 to 1806 he circumnavigated the globe.…
(Encyclopedia) Klinger, Friedrich Maximilian vonKlinger, Friedrich Maximilian vonfrēˈdrĭkh mäkˌsēmēˈlyän fən klĭngˈər [key], 1752–1831, German dramatist. A friend of the young Goethe, he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Knyphausen, Wilhelm, Baron vonKnyphausen, Wilhelm, Baron vonvĭlˈhĕlm bärônˈ fən kənüpˈhouzən [key], 1716–1800, German general in British service in the American Revolution. He served…
(Encyclopedia) Pastor, Ludwig, Freiherr vonPastor, Ludwig, Freiherr vonl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh frīˈhĕr fən päsˈtôr [key], 1854–1928, German historian. The author of the monumental and authoritative…
(Encyclopedia) Patkul, Johann Reinhold vonPatkul, Johann Reinhold vonyōˈhän rīnˈhôlt fən pätˈk&oobreve;l [key], 1660–1707, Livonian nobleman. He incurred the wrath of Charles XI of Sweden by…
(Encyclopedia) Walther von der VogelweideWalther von der Vogelweidevälˈtər fən dĕr fōˈgəlvīˌdə [key], c.1170–c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval…
