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von Sydow, Max
(Encyclopedia)von Sydow, Max, 1929–2020, Swedish actor, b. Carl Adolf von Sydow. He worked with director Ingmar Bergman at the Malmö Municipal Theatre (1955–60) before moving to Stockhom and joining the Royal ...Beerbohm, Sir Max
(Encyclopedia)Beerbohm, Sir Max bērˈbōm [key], 1872–1956, English essayist, caricaturist, and parodist. He contributed to the famous Yellow Book while still an undergraduate at Oxford. In 1898 he succeeded G. ...Wundt, Wilhelm Max
(Encyclopedia)Wundt, Wilhelm Max vĭlˈhĕlm mäks vo͝ont [key], 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist. From 1875 he taught at Leipzig, where he founded the first laboratory for experimental psychology...Perutz, Max Ferdinand
(Encyclopedia)Perutz, Max Ferdinand, 1914–2002, British molecular biologist, b. Vienna. One of the pioneers in the field of molecular biology, Perutz studied chemistry at the Univ. of Vienna (1932–36) and then ...Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich
(Encyclopedia)Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich ĕrnst flōˈrĕns frēˈdrĭkh klädˈnē [key], 1756–1827, German physicist. An authority on acoustics, he made studies of the transmission of sound in various gas...Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus
(Encyclopedia)Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus ĕrnst tāˈōdōr ämädāˈo͝os hôfˈmän [key], 1776–1822, German romantic novelist and composer, a lawyer. At one time an opera composer and musical director at...Mansfeld, Peter Ernst von
(Encyclopedia)Mansfeld, Peter Ernst von pāˈtər ĕrnst fən mänsˈfĕlt [key], 1580?–1626, military commander in the Thirty Years War. Illegitimate son of a governor for the Hapsburgs in Luxembourg, he rendere...Baer, Karl Ernst von
(Encyclopedia)Baer, Karl Ernst von, 1792–1876, Estonian biologist. He was a professor at Würzburg and Königsberg and from 1834 at St. Petersburg. Considered a founder of modern embryology, he discovered the not...Biren, Ernst Johann von
(Encyclopedia)Biren, Ernst Johann von: see Biron. ...Biron, Ernst Johann von
(Encyclopedia)Biron or Biren, Ernst Johann von ĕrnst yōhänˈ fən bēˈrôn, bēˈrən [key], 1690–1772, duke of Courland (1737–43, 1763–69), favorite of Czarina Anna of Russia. A Baltic nobleman, he rose ...Browse by Subject
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