(Encyclopedia) KruppKruppkr&oobreve;p [key], family of German armament manufacturers. The family settled in Essen in the 16th cent. The core of the great Krupp industrial empire was started by…
(Encyclopedia) Daun, Leopold Joseph Maria, Graf vonDaun, Leopold Joseph Maria, Graf vonlāˈōpôlt yōˈzĕf märēˈä gräf fən doun [key], 1705–66, Austrian field marshal. He gained distinction in the War of…
(Encyclopedia) Wrangel, Friedrich Heinrich Ernst, Graf vonWrangel, Friedrich Heinrich Ernst, Graf vonfrēˈdrĭkh hīnˈrĭkh ĕrnst gräf fən vrängˈəl [key], 1784–1877, Prussian field marshal. He fought in…
(Encyclopedia) WartburgWartburgvärtˈb&oobreve;rk [key], castle near Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, central Germany. Built c.1070, later enlarged, and renovated in the 18th cent., it was the…
(Encyclopedia) Ebert, FriedrichEbert, Friedrichfrēˈdrĭkh āˈbərt [key], 1871–1925, first president (1919–25) of the German republic. A Social Democratic deputy in the Reichstag, in 1913 he became…
(Encyclopedia) BolyaiBolyaibōˈlyoi [key], family of Hungarian mathematicians. The father, Farkas, or Wolfgang, Bolyai, 1775–1856, b. Bolya, Transylvania, was educated in Nagyszeben from 1781 to 1796…
(Encyclopedia) Haugwitz, Christian August Heinrich, Graf vonHaugwitz, Christian August Heinrich, Graf vonhīnˈrĭkh gräf fən houkˈvĭts [key], 1752–1832, Prussian foreign minister (1802–4, 1805–6). In…
(Encyclopedia) Weyprecht, KarlWeyprecht, Karlkärl vīˈprĕkht [key], 1838–81, German arctic explorer. With Julius von Payer he made a voyage to Novaya Zemlya in 1871. Weyprecht and Payer were leaders…
(Encyclopedia) SieboldSieboldzēˈbôlt [key], family of German scientists. It includes Karl Kaspar von SieboldSieboldkärl käsˈpär fən [key], 1736–1807, anatomist and surgeon, who was professor at the…
