(Encyclopedia) Unruh, Fritz vonUnruh, Fritz vonfrĭts fən &oobreve;nˈr&oomacr; [key], 1885–1970, German dramatic poet. Son of a Prussian general, Unruh was an officer who became a pacifist…
(Encyclopedia) Russell, George William, pseud. A. E., 1867–1935, Irish author, b. Lurgan, educated in Dublin. An active member of the Irish nationalist movement, he edited the Irish Homestead (1904–…
(Encyclopedia) special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. Some common…
(Encyclopedia) Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin EduardovichTsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovichkənstəntyēnˈ ĕdwärˈdəvĭchˈ tsēōlkŏvˈskē [key], 1857–1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert. He lost his hearing…
(Encyclopedia) Rayburn, Sam (Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn), 1882–1961, U.S. legislator, b. Roane co., Tenn. After his family moved (1887) to Fannin co., Tex., he worked at cotton picking. He worked his…
(Encyclopedia) Schmidt-Rottluff, KarlSchmidt-Rottluff, Karlshmĭt-rŏtˈl&oobreve;f [key], 1884–1976, German painter and woodcut artist. Schmidt-Rottluff cofounded and named the Brücke in 1905.…
(Encyclopedia) Scruggs, Earl Eugene, 1924–2012, American banjo player, b. Flint Hill, N.C. He developed a distinctive syncopated, three-finger style on the five-string banjo that changed the way it…
(Encyclopedia) Seelye, Julius HawleySeelye, Julius Hawleysēˈlē [key], 1824–95, American clergyman and educator, b. Bethel, Conn., grad. Amherst, 1849, and Auburn Theological Seminary, 1852, and…
(Encyclopedia) Seipel, IgnazSeipel, Ignazĭgˈnäts zīˈpəl [key], 1876–1932, Austrian chancellor (1922–24, 1926–29). A Roman Catholic priest, he was elected to the Austrian parliament in 1919 and became…
(Encyclopedia) Staudinger, Hermann, 1881–1965, German chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Halle, 1903. Staudinger held faculty positions at the Univ. of Strasbourg (1903–7), the Technical Univ. of Karlsruhe (…
