WORMAN, Ludwig, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pa., in 1761; received a limited schooling; learned the tanning business; moved to Earl Township,…
TELLER, Ludwig, a Representative from New York; born in New York City (Borough of Manhattan), N.Y., June 22, 1911; educated in the public schools; graduated from New York University in 1936…
(Encyclopedia) Devrient, LudwigDevrient, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh dəvrēăNˈ [key], 1784–1832, German actor. He abandoned a commercial career in 1804 to join a traveling theatrical company. In Berlin…
(Encyclopedia) Anzengruber, LudwigAnzengruber, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh änˈtsəngr&oomacr;ˌbər [key], 1839–89, Austrian writer. An actor and a clerk in the imperial police, Anzengruber had…
(Encyclopedia) Gumplowicz, LudwigGumplowicz, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh g&oobreve;mˈplōvĭch [key], 1838–1909, Austrian sociologist, political scientist, and jurist. From 1897 to 1909 he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Erhard, LudwigErhard, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh ĕrˈhärt [key], 1897–1977, German political leader and economist. In Nuremberg he rose to be director of the institute for economic…
(Encyclopedia) Mond, Ludwig, 1839–1909, chemist; father of Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett. He was born in Germany and became a naturalized British subject. Mond experimented with alkalies and…
(Encyclopedia) Lewisohn, LudwigLewisohn, Ludwigl&oomacr;ˈĭzōn [key], 1882–1955, American author, b. Berlin. After teaching German at Ohio State (1911–19), he was associate editor for the Nation (…
(Encyclopedia) Ludwig, ChristaLudwig, Christakrĭsˈtə [key]Ludwig, Christa l&oomacr;tˈvĭkh [key], 1928–, German mezzo-soprano, b. Berlin. The daughter of opera singers, she debuted (1946) as…
(Encyclopedia) Ludwig, EmilLudwig, Emilāˈmēl [key]Ludwig, Emil l&oomacr;tˈvĭkh [key], 1881–1948, German biographer, originally named Emil Cohn. His vivid and dramatic (although sometimes…
