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Pfeffer, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia) Pfeffer, WilhelmPfeffer, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm pfĕˈfər [key], 1845–1920, German plant physiologist. He was professor of botany successively at the universities of Bonn, Basel, Tübingen, and…

Carstens, Asmus Jacob

(Encyclopedia) Carstens, Asmus JacobCarstens, Asmus Jacobäsˈm&oobreve;s yäˈkôp kärˈstəns [key], 1754–98, German historical painter and engraver, b. Schleswig. He studied in Copenhagen and in…

Mansfeld, Peter Ernst von

(Encyclopedia) Mansfeld, Peter Ernst vonMansfeld, Peter Ernst vonpāˈtər ĕrnst fən mänsˈfĕlt [key], 1580?–1626, military commander in the Thirty Years War. Illegitimate son of a governor for the…

Schwenkfeld, Kaspar von

(Encyclopedia) Schwenkfeld, Kaspar vonSchwenkfeld, Kaspar vonkäsˈpär fən shvĕngkˈfĕlt [key], 1490–1561, German religious reformer. Schwenkfeld was in court service with the duke of Liegnitz from 1510…

serial music

(Encyclopedia) serial music, the body of compositions whose fundamental syntactical reference is a particular ordering (called series or row) of the twelve pitch classes—C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G…

Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf von

(Encyclopedia) Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf vonZinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf vonnēˈkōlous l&oobreve;tˈvĭkh gräf fən tsĭnˈtsəndôrf [key], 1700–1760, German churchman, patron and bishop of…

games, theory of

(Encyclopedia) games, theory of, group of mathematical theories first developed by John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. A game consists of a set of rules governing a competitive situation in which…

Sentences: Sentence Structure: The Fab Four

Sentence Structure: The Fab FourSentencesIntroductionI Know It When I See It: The SentenceSentence Structure: The Fab FourSentence Functions: The Four TopsAlley Oops In Clauses, you learned that…

William II, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia

(Encyclopedia) William II, 1859–1941, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia (1888–1918), son and successor of Frederick III and grandson of William I of Germany and of Queen Victoria of England.…

Herrnhut

(Encyclopedia) HerrnhutHerrnhuthĕrnˈh&oomacr;t [key], town, Saxony, SE Germany. It was founded (1722) by Graf von Zinzendorf as a colony of Moravian Brethren (see Moravian Church), and is today a…