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Walther von der Vogelweide

(Encyclopedia)Walther von der Vogelweide välˈtər fən dĕr fōˈgəlvīˌdə [key], c.1170–c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval Germany. He wandered from court ...

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

(Encyclopedia)Rothenburg ob der Tauber rōˈtənbo͞orkh ôp dĕr touˈbər [key], town (1994 pop. 12,001), Bavaria, S Germany, on the Tauber River. One of the best-preserved and most picturesque medieval towns in ...

Ring des Nibelungen, Der

(Encyclopedia)Ring des Nibelungen, Der: see Nibelungen. ...

Fabritius, Carel

(Encyclopedia)Fabritius, Carel bärˈənt [key], 1624–73, worked in a similar though less accomplished manner, influenced by Maes as well as Rembrandt. Barent's portrait of the Van der Helm family (1655) is in th...

Monk, Thelonius

(Encyclopedia)Monk, Thelonius (Thelonius Sphere Monk), 1917–82, American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, b. Rocky Mount, N.C. Monk is considered one of the most important, and eccentric, figures in modern j...

Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron lo͞otˈvĭkh ouˈgo͞ost bärōnˈ dēˈskou [key], 1701–67, French general in the French and Indian Wars. In 1755 he was sent to take command of French troops in Amer...

Delbrück, Max Ludwig Henning

(Encyclopedia)Delbrück, Max Ludwig Henning dĕlˈbrük [key], 1906–1981, American biophysicist, b. Berlin, Germany. Ph.D, Univ. of Göttingen, 1930. He spent most of his career as a professor at the California I...

Dreyer, Johan Ludwig Emil

(Encyclopedia)Dreyer, Johan Ludwig Emil yōˈhän lo͝otˈvĭkh āˈmēl [key], 1852–1926, Danish astronomer, b. Copenhagen, who worked in Great Britain. He was assistant astronomer at the earl of Rosse's observa...

Pastor, Ludwig, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia)Pastor, Ludwig, Freiherr von lo͞otˈvĭkh frīˈhĕr fən päsˈtôr [key], 1854–1928, German historian. The author of the monumental and authoritative History of the Popes from the Close of the Mi...

Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig

(Encyclopedia)Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig frēˈdrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm lo͞odˈvĭkh līkhˈhärt [key], 1813–1848?, Prussian explorer of Australia. He led (1844–45) an expedition from Moreton Bay to Port ...