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Hauer, Josef Matthias
(Encyclopedia) Hauer, Josef MatthiasHauer, Josef Matthiasyōˈzĕf mätēäs houˈər [key], 1883–1959, Austrian music theorist and composer. Primarily self-taught, Hauer devised a method of atonal…Klaus, Josef
(Encyclopedia) Klaus, JosefKlaus, Josefyōˈzĕf klous [key], 1910–2001, Austrian politician. He was drafted into the army and fought in World War II on the Axis side. Chosen leader (1963) of the…Dobrovský, Josef
(Encyclopedia) Dobrovský, JosefDobrovský, Josefdôˈbrôfskē [key], 1753–1829, Hungarian philologist, of Bohemian parentage. In 1792 the Royal Bohemian Academy of Sciences commissioned Dobrovský to…Stefan, Josef
(Encyclopedia) Stefan, JosefStefan, Josefyōˈzĕf shtĕfˈän [key], 1835–93, Austrian physicist. At the Univ. of Vienna he became a professor of physics and later director of the Physical Institute. From…Šafařik, Pavel Josef
(Encyclopedia) Šafařik, Pavel JosefŠafařik, Pavel Josefpäˈvĕl yôˈzĕf shäˈfär-zhēk [key], 1795–1861, Czech philologist and archaeologist; his name is also spelled Schafarik and Schafřík. Šafařik…Suk, Josef
(Encyclopedia) Suk, JosefSuk, Josefyôˈzĕf s&oobreve;k [key], 1874–1935, Czech composer and violinist, grad. Prague Conservatory, 1891; pupil and son-in-law of Dvořák. While still at the Prague…Machar, Josef Svatopluk
(Encyclopedia) Machar, Josef SvatoplukMachar, Josef Svatoplukyôˈzĕf sväˈtôpl&oobreve;k mäˈkhär [key], 1854–1942, Czech poet and essayist. A leader of the realist movement in Czech poetry and a…Strauss, Josef
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Josef: see Strauss, family.Jackson, Frederick George
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Frederick George, 1860–1938, British arctic explorer. He explored (1893–94) the tundra in arctic Russia and in Lapland, and he commanded (1894–97) the Jackson-Harmsworth…Strauss, Franz Josef
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Franz JosefStrauss, Franz Joseffräns yōˈzĕf [key]Strauss, Franz Josef shtrous [key], 1915–88, West German political figure, leader of the Christian Social Union. He became…Trending
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