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Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonPufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonzäˈm&oomacr;ĕl bärônˈ fən p&oomacr;ˈfəndôrf [key], 1632–94, German jurist and historian. He is especially noted as an…

Richthofen, Ferdinand, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Richthofen, Ferdinand, Baron vonRichthofen, Ferdinand, Baron vonfĕrˈdēnänt bärōnˈ fən rĭkhtˈhōfən [key], 1833–1905, German geographer, geologist, and traveler. He took part in a…

Richthofen, Manfred, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Richthofen, Manfred, Baron vonRichthofen, Manfred, Baron vonmänˈfrāt [key], 1892–1918, German aviator in World War I. He was credited with the spectacular achievement of shooting down…

Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb von

(Encyclopedia) Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb vonBellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb vonfäbˈēən gôtˈlēp fôn bĕlˈĭngzhouˌzən [key], 1778–1852, Russian explorer, b. Sarema, Estonia. A graduate of the…

James Oliver EASTLAND, Congress, MS (1904-1986)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1941; 1943-1978 Party: Democrat; Democrat EASTLAND, James Oliver, a Senator from Mississippi; born in Doddsville, Sunflower County, Miss., November 28, 1904; moved…

Koffka, Kurt

(Encyclopedia) Koffka, KurtKoffka, Kurtkŏfˈkə, Ger. k&oobreve;rt kôfˈkä [key], 1886–1941, American psychologist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1908. Before settling permanently in the United…

Dehmelt, Hans Georg

(Encyclopedia) Dehmelt, Hans GeorgDehmelt, Hans Georghäns gāˈôrkh dāˈməlt [key], 1922–2017, German-American physicist, b. Gorlitz, Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1950. A professor at the Univ. of…

Salzkammergut

(Encyclopedia) SalzkammergutSalzkammergutzältsˈkämˈərg&oobreve;tˌ [key], resort area in Upper Austria, Styria, and Salzburg provs., W Austria. Known since antiquity for its salt mines, the region…

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Wagner, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wagner, RichardWagner, Richardrĭkhˈärt [key]Wagner, Richard vägˈnər [key], 1813–83, German composer, b. Leipzig. Wagner's second wife, Cosima Wagner, 1837–1930, was the daughter of…