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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Freiin von

(Encyclopedia) Droste-Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Freiin or Baroness vonDroste-Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Freiin or Baroness vonänĕtˈə ālēˈzäbĕt frīˈĭn fən drôsˈtə-hülsˈhôf [key], 1797–1848,…

Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia) Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr vonBunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr vonkrĭsˈtyän kärl yōzēˈäs frīˈhĕr fən b&oobreve;nˈzən [key], 1791–1860, Prussian diplomat and…

Bekesy, Georg von

(Encyclopedia) Bekesy, Georg vonBekesy, Georg vongāˈôrk fən bĕkˈĭshē [key], 1899–1972, American biophysicist, b. Budapest, Hungary, grad. Univ. of Budapest (Ph.D. 1923). He was (1923–46) a physicist…

Wissmann, Hermann von

(Encyclopedia) Wissmann, Hermann vonWissmann, Hermann vonhĕrˈmän fən vĭsˈmän [key], 1853–1905, German explorer in Africa. He crossed (1880–82) Africa from Luanda to Zanzibar and, on behalf of Leopold…

Bennigsen, Rudolf von

(Encyclopedia) Bennigsen, Rudolf vonBennigsen, Rudolf vonr&oomacr;ˈdôlf fən bĕnˈĭksən [key], 1824–1902, German political leader. A liberal nationalist from Hanover, he favored German unification…

Schwanthaler, Ludwig von

(Encyclopedia) Schwanthaler, Ludwig vonSchwanthaler, Ludwig vonl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh fən shvänˈtälər [key], 1802–48, German sculptor. Though he was a neoclassicist, his later works were more in the…

Richthofen, Ferdinand, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Richthofen, Ferdinand, Baron vonRichthofen, Ferdinand, Baron vonfĕrˈdēnänt bärōnˈ fən rĭkhtˈhōfən [key], 1833–1905, German geographer, geologist, and traveler. He took part in a…

Brewer's: Android

An automaton figure of a human being (Greek, andros-eidos, a man's likeness). One of the most famous of these machines is that by M. Vaucanson, called the flute-player. The chess-player by…

Goltz, Colmar, Freiherr von der

(Encyclopedia) Goltz, Colmar, Freiherr von derGoltz, Colmar, Freiherr von derkôlˈmär frīˈhĕr fən dər gôlts [key], 1843–1916, Prussian field marshal and military historian. A soldier, he served in the…