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Malone, Karl Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Malone, Karl Anthony, 1963–, American basketball player, b. Summerfield, La. He played basketball at Louisiana Tech Univ. and joined the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association in 1985. A p...Lepsius, Karl Richard
(Encyclopedia)Lepsius, Karl Richard rĭkhˈärt lĕpˈsēo͝os [key], 1810–84, German Egyptologist and philologist. He made an expedition (1842–45) to the Nile valley and Sudan and as a result of his excavation...Menninger, Karl Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Menninger, Karl Augustus mĕnˈĭngər [key], 1893–1990, and William Claire Menninger, 1899–1966, American psychiatrists, brothers, b. Topeka, Kans. The Menninger Clinic, conceived with the idea o...Knausgård, Karl Ove
(Encyclopedia)Knausgård or Knausgaard, Karl Ove, 1968–, Norwegian writer, b. Oslo grad. Univ. of Bergen. He is best known for his six-volume autobiographical work, Min Kamp (2009–11, tr. My Struggle, 2012–18...Knausgaard, Karl Ove
(Encyclopedia)Knausgaard, Karl Ove: see Knausgård, Karl Ove. ...Kautsky, Karl Johann
(Encyclopedia)Kautsky, Karl Johann kärl yōˈhän koutˈskē [key], 1854–1938, German-Austrian socialist, b. Prague. A leading figure in the effort to spread Marxist doctrine in Germany, he was the principal dev...Karl-Marx-Stadt
(Encyclopedia)Karl-Marx-Stadt: see Chemnitz, Germany. ...Karl Marx University
(Encyclopedia)Karl Marx University: see Leipzig, Univ. of. ...Rodbertus, Karl Johann
(Encyclopedia)Rodbertus, Karl Johann kärl yōˈhän rôdbĕrˈto͝os [key], 1805–75, German economist and conservative socialist. He held several public offices but after 1849 devoted himself to writing on econo...Wirth, Karl Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Wirth, Karl Joseph kärl yōˈzĕf vĭrt [key], 1879–1956, German statesman. A leader of the Catholic Center party, he succeeded (1920) Matthias Erzberger as minister of finance. In 1921, Wirth beca...Browse by Subject
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