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Forrest, John Forrest, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Forrest, John Forrest, 1st Baron, 1847–1918, Australian explorer and statesman. In 1869 he led an expedition to the west of Lake Barlee in search of the missing Friedrich Leichhardt, and the followi...Henle, Jacob
(Encyclopedia)Henle, Jacob (Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle) frēˈdrĭkh go͝osˈtäf yäˈkôp hĕnˈlə [key], 1809–85, German anatomist and histologist. A pupil of J. P. Müller, he taught at Zürich, Heidelberg...Krupp
(Encyclopedia)Krupp kro͝op [key], family of German armament manufacturers. The family settled in Essen in the 16th cent. The core of the great Krupp industrial empire was started by Friedrich Krupp, 1787–1826, w...Schlegel, August Wilhelm von
(Encyclopedia)Schlegel, August Wilhelm von ouˈgo͝ost vĭlˈhĕlm fən shlāˈgəl [key], 1767–1845, German scholar and poet. With his brother, Friedrich von Schlegel, he founded the Athenaeum, which he edited (...Schweinfurt
(Encyclopedia)Schweinfurt shvīnˈfo͝ort [key], city (1994 pop. 55,284), Bavaria, central Germany, on the Main River. Manufactures include beer, steel, electronics, and motor vehicles. The city is the center of a ...Neander, Johann August Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia)Neander, Johann August Wilhelm yōˈhän ouˈgo͝ost vĭlˈhĕlm nāänˈdər [key], 1789–1850, German theologian and church historian. Of Jewish parentage, he became a Lutheran (1806), changing his...Maximilian, prince of Baden
(Encyclopedia)Maximilian, prince of Baden (Max of Baden), 1867–1929, German statesman, last chancellor of imperial Germany. A liberal, he was made imperial chancellor at the end of World War I as Germany neared d...egoism
(Encyclopedia)egoism ēˈgōĭzəm [key], in ethics, the doctrine that the ends and motives of human conduct are, or should be, the good of the individual agent. It is opposed to altruism, which holds the criterion...Weber, Ernst Heinrich
(Encyclopedia)Weber, Ernst Heinrich vāˈbər [key], 1795–1878, German physiologist. He was a professor at the Univ. of Leipzig (1821–71) and is known for his work on touch and for the formulation of Weber's l...Winckler, Hugo
(Encyclopedia)Winckler, Hugo ho͞oˈgō vĭngkˈlər [key], 1863–1913, German Orientalist. A professor at the Univ. of Berlin, Winckler was noted for his archaeological work. He helped to excavate the Phoenician ...Browse by Subject
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