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Scientists: Life Sciences

Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Life…

classicism

(Encyclopedia) classicism, a term that, when applied generally, means clearness, elegance, symmetry, and repose produced by attention to traditional forms. It is sometimes synonymous with excellence…

Bill Graham

(Wolfgang Grajonca)rock music promoter/managerBorn: 1931Birthplace: Berlin, Germany After fleeing Nazi Germany with his parents and serving in the U.S. Army in Korea, he settled in San Francisco…

Scientists: Physical Sciences

  Notable Scientists: Physical Sciences Astronomers, astrophysicists, chemists, and physicists     Jump to a category:…

Defregger, Franz von

(Encyclopedia) Defregger, Franz vonDefregger, Franz vonfränts fən dāˈfrĕgər [key], 1835–1921, Austrian genre and historical painter. He studied in Munich with Piloty. He is known for his popular…

Delbrück, Rudolf von

(Encyclopedia) Delbrück, Rudolf vonDelbrück, Rudolf vonr&oomacr;ˈdôlf fən [key]Delbrück, Rudolf von dĕlˈbrük [key], 1817–1903, German statesman. He served (1857–76) under Bismarck as president of…

Dohnányi, Ernst von

(Encyclopedia) Dohnányi, Ernst vonDohnányi, Ernst vonĕrnst fən dōˈnänyĭ [key], Hung. ErnőDohnányi, Ernst vonĕrˈnö [key], 1877–1960, Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor. He studied at the Royal…

Drygalski, Erich von

(Encyclopedia) Drygalski, Erich vonDrygalski, Erich vonāˈrĭkh fən drēgälˈskē [key], 1865–1949, German polar explorer. A professor of geography at the Univ. of Munich, he led an expedition that…