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Varenius, Bernhardus

(Encyclopedia)Varenius, Bernhardus bĕrnˈhärt fäˈrən [key], 1622–50, Dutch geographer. He studied to be a physician, but instead focused on geography. His first work was a geography and history of Japan, Des...

Mülheim an der Ruhr

(Encyclopedia)Mülheim an der Ruhr mülˈhīm än dĕr ro͞or [key] or Mülheim, city (1994 pop. 177,175), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. It is an industrial center of the Ruhr district and...

Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich

(Encyclopedia)Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich vyēkˈtər ləvôvˈyĭch kôrchˈnoi [key], 1931–2016, Russian-Swiss chess master. A long-time leading Soviet player, he lost to Anatoly Karpov in 1974, competing for the ...

tautomer

(Encyclopedia)tautomer tôˈtəmər [key], one of two or more structural isomers that exist in equilibrium and are readily converted from one isomeric form to another. Of the various types of tautomerism that are p...

Pomeranus

(Encyclopedia)Pomeranus: see Bugenhagen, Johann. ...

Schöffer, Peter

(Encyclopedia)Schöffer, Peter: see Fust, Johann.

Jean Paul

(Encyclopedia)Jean Paul: see Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich. ...

Mendel, David

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

Paul, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Paul, Jean: see Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich. ...

German Catholics

(Encyclopedia)German Catholics, religious groups founded in 1844 by dissidents from the Roman Catholic Church. They were led by two excommunicated priests, Johann Czerski of Schneidemühl, Posen, and Johann Ronge o...