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Biographies of World War I Leaders, Generals, Heroes, Soldiers, Women

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Hahn, Otto

(Encyclopedia) Hahn, OttoHahn, Ottoôˈtō hän [key], 1879–1968, German chemist and physicist. His important contributions in the field of radioactivity include the discovery of several radioactive…

Notable Philosophers

RenÃ© Descartes See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Philosophy Major Religions of the World Biographies by CategoryAbelard, Peter, French…

Mendel, David

(Encyclopedia) Mendel, David: see Neander, Johann August Wilhelm.

Struve

(Encyclopedia) StruveStruveshtr&oomacr;ˈvə [key], family of astronomers. Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, 1793–1864, was born in Germany but later lived in Russia. While director (1817–39) of…

(Encyclopedia) Book of Changes or I ChingI Chingē jĭng, ē chĭng [key], ancient Chinese book of prophecy and wisdom. The oldest parts of its text are thought to have attained their present form in the…

Duisburg

(Encyclopedia) Duisburg Duisburg düsˈb&oobreve;rk [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, at the…

William Bauchop WILSON, Congress, PA (1862-1934)

WILSON, William Bauchop, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Blantyre, Scotland, April 2, 1862; immigrated to this country with his parents, who settled in Arnot, Tioga County, Pa., in…

monad

(Encyclopedia) monad: see Bruno, Giordano; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von.

Grossbeeren

(Encyclopedia) GrossbeerenGrossbeerengrōsbārˈən [key], village, Brandenburg, E Germany. There, in 1813, Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow, using the Prussian militia for the first time, defeated the French…