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Black, Max

(Encyclopedia) Black, Max, 1909–88, American analytical philosopher, b. Baku, Russia (now Bakı, Azerbaijan), grad. Cambridge, Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1939. He taught at the Univ. of Illinois (1940–46…

Born, Max

(Encyclopedia) Born, Max, 1882–1970, British physicist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1907. He was head of the physics department at the Univ. of Göttingen from 1921 to 1933. When Nazi…

Scheler, Max

(Encyclopedia) Scheler, MaxScheler, Maxmäks shāˈlər [key], 1874–1928, German philosopher. He taught at the universities of Jena (1901–7) and Munich (1907–10), where he was influenced by Franz…

Roach, Max

(Encyclopedia) Roach, Max (Maxwell Lemuel Roach), 1924–2007, African-American jazz drummer, b. Newland, N.C. Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was playing jazz in Harlem clubs by 1943. Roach had an…

Busch, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia) Busch, Wilhelm, 1832–1908, German cartoonist, painter, and poet. After studying at the academies of Antwerp, Düsseldorf, and Munich, he joined the staff of the Fliegende Blätter, to…

Lederman, Leon Max

(Encyclopedia) Lederman, Leon MaxLederman, Leon Maxlĕdˈərmən [key], 1922–2018, American physicist, Ph.D. Columbia, 1951. He was a professor at Columbia until he became director of the Fermi National…

Heisenberg, Werner

(Encyclopedia) Heisenberg, WernerHeisenberg, Wernervĕrˈnər hīˈzənbĕrk [key], 1901–76, German physicist. One of the founders of the quantum theory, he is best known for his uncertainty principle, or…

Max Sieben BAUCUS, Congress, MT (1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1978-2014 Party: Democrat BAUCUS Max Sieben , a Senator and a Representative from Montana; born in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., December 11, 1941; attended the…

Max SCHWABE, Congress, MO (1905-1983)

SCHWABE Max , a Representative from Missouri; born in Columbia, Boone County, Mo., December 6, 1905; attended the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; insurance agent; farmer; elected as a…

Max A. SANDLIN, Congress, TX (1952)

SANDLIN Max A. , a Representative from Texas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., September 29, 1952; graduated from Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Tex.; B.A., Baylor University, Waco, Tex.,…