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(Encyclopedia) WetzlarWetzlarvĕtsˈlär [key], city (1994 pop. 54,188), Hesse, central Germany, on the Lahn River. Situated in a region where iron ore is mined, the city has a metallurgical industry.…Suttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau von
(Encyclopedia) Suttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau vonSuttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau vonbĕrˈtä, grāfˈĭn kĭnsˈkē, frīˈfrou fən z&oobreve;tˈnər [key], 1843–1914, Austrian novelist…Schäffle, Albert
(Encyclopedia) Schäffle, AlbertSchäffle, Albertälˈbĕrt shĕfˈlə [key], 1831–1903, German economist and sociologist. He taught economics at the universities of Tübingen and Vienna. His views were based…Sachs, Hans
(Encyclopedia) Sachs, HansSachs, Hanshäns zäks [key], 1494–1576, German poet, leading meistersinger of the Nuremberg school. A shoemaker and guild master, he wrote more than 4,000 master songs in…Sachs, Nelly
(Encyclopedia) Sachs, NellySachs, Nellyzäks [key], 1891–1970, German poet and translator who lived after 1940 in Sweden. Sachs describes her own experiences and the sufferings of the European Jews in…Respighi, Ottorino
(Encyclopedia) Respighi, OttorinoRespighi, Ottorinoôttōrēˈnō rāspēˈgē [key], 1879–1936, Italian composer, studied with Rimsky-Korsakov and Max Bruch. He was director (1924–25) of the Conservatory of…November 2016: Poet, Songwriter Leonard Cohen Dies at 82
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