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Scheel, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Scheel, WalterScheel, Waltervälˈtər shāl [key], 1919–2016, German political leader, president of West Germany (1974–79). After serving in World War II, Scheel became interested in…Rauschenbusch, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Rauschenbusch, WalterRauschenbusch, Walterrouˈshənb&oobreve;sh [key], 1861–1918, American clergyman, b. Rochester, N.Y. In 1886 he was ordained and began work among German…Kroto, Harry
(Encyclopedia) Kroto, Harry (Sir Harold Walter Kroto), 1939–2016, British chemist, b. Harold Walter Krotoschiner, Ph.D. Univ. of Sheffield, 1964. Kroto was the son of German parents who fled Nazi…Ulbricht, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Ulbricht, WalterUlbricht, Waltervälˈtər &oobreve;lˈbrĭkht [key], 1893–1973, Communist leader in the German Democratic Republic. A founder of the German Communist party, he fled…Tintern Abbey
(Encyclopedia) Tintern Abbey, ruins of an abbey, Monmouthshire, W. England, near Chepstow. It was founded for Cistercians in 1131 by Walter de Clare and now consists mainly of 13th- and 14-century…1997–98 Horse Racing Money Leaders
Official Top 10 standings for 1997 and for 1998. Final 1997 HORSES Age Sts 1-2-3 Earnings Malabar Man 3th 14 11-3-0 $1,485,417 Western Dreamer 3pg 29 14-7-3…Rich, Penelope, Lady
(Encyclopedia) Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562–1607, the “Stella” of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591). Daughter of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, she married (1581) Lord Rich (later…Hess, Walter Rudolf
(Encyclopedia) Hess, Walter Rudolf, 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist. For his work on the control of organs by certain areas of the brain he shared with Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…Mosley, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Mosley, Walter, 1952–, African-American author, b. Los Angeles. He was a computer programmer until his first novel, the best-selling mystery Devil in a Blue Dress (1990; film, 1995),…Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy
(Encyclopedia) Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter HardyBeaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardybēˈtən [key], 1904–80, English scenery and costume designer, photographer, writer, painter, and diarist. After designing his…Trending
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