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Kleist, Heinrich von

(Encyclopedia) Kleist, Heinrich vonKleist, Heinrich vonhīnˈrĭkh fən klīst [key], 1777–1811, German dramatic poet. He is one of the most evocative and disturbing of the German Romantic writers. Kleist…

Gneisenau, August, Graf Neithardt von

(Encyclopedia) Gneisenau, August, Graf Neithardt vonGneisenau, August, Graf Neithardt vonouˈg&oobreve;st gräf nītˈhärt fən gənīˈzənou [key], 1760–1831, Prussian field marshal. In the Napoleonic…

Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia) Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr vonSlatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr vonr&oomacr;ˈdôlf kärl frīˈhĕr fən släˈtĭn [key], known as Slatin PashaSlatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr vonpäˈshä [key…

Wolfram von Eschenbach

(Encyclopedia) Wolfram von EschenbachWolfram von Eschenbachvôlˈfräm fən ĕshˈənbäkh [key], c.1170–c.1220, German poet. Perhaps the greatest of the German minnesingers, and one of the finest poets of…

Laue, Max von

(Encyclopedia) Laue, Max vonLaue, Max vonmäks fən louˈə [key], 1879–1960, German physicist, studied under Max Planck. From 1919 he was professor of theoretical physics at the Univ. of Berlin. He…

Kölliker, Albert von

(Encyclopedia) Kölliker, Albert vonKölliker, Albert vonälˈbĕrt fən köˈlĭkər [key], 1817–1905, Swiss physiologist and histologist. He was professor of physiology and of microscopic and comparative…

Klenze, Leo von

(Encyclopedia) Klenze, Leo vonKlenze, Leo vonlāˈō fən klĕnˈtsə [key], 1784–1864, German architect and landscape and portrait painter. He was court architect to Jérôme Bonaparte of Westphalia and to…

Schwind, Moritz von

(Encyclopedia) Schwind, Moritz vonSchwind, Moritz vonmōˈrĭts fən shvĭnt [key], 1804–71, Austrian historical painter and illustrator of the romantic school. Best known for the imagination and strength…

Flotow, Friedrich von

(Encyclopedia) Flotow, Friedrich vonFlotow, Friedrich vonfrēˈdrĭkh fən flōˈtō [key], 1812–83, German operatic composer. Flotow's operas show the influence of French opéra comique, which set the tone…

Geibel, Emanuel von

(Encyclopedia) Geibel, Emanuel vonGeibel, Emanuel vonāmäˈn&oomacr;ĕl fən gīˈbəl [key], 1815–84, German poet. Although at first a revolutionary poet, he gradually became more conservative,…