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Achard, Franz Karl
(Encyclopedia)Achard, Franz Karl fränts kärl äkhˈärt [key], 1753–1821, German chemist. He made pioneering use of the discovery by his countryman Andreas Marggraf of sugar in beet...Knausgaard, Karl Ove
(Encyclopedia)Knausgaard, Karl Ove: see Knausgård, Karl Ove. ...Rodbertus, Karl Johann
(Encyclopedia)Rodbertus, Karl Johann kärl yōˈhän rôdbĕrˈto͝os [key], 1805–75, German economist and conservative socialist. He held several public offices but after 1849 devoted himself to writing on econo...Rokitansky, Karl
(Encyclopedia)Rokitansky, Karl kärl rōkĭtänˈskē [key], 1804–78, Austrian pathologist, b. Bohemia. From 1834 to 1873 he taught pathological anatomy at the Univ. of Vienna. He performed over 30,000 autopsies ...Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte-
(Encyclopedia)Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte- frēˈdrĭkh hīnˈrĭkh kärl bärōnˈ də lä môt-fo͞okāˈ [key], 1777–1843, German poet and novelist. He wrote many chivalric romances, ta...Brugmann, Karl
(Encyclopedia)Brugmann, Karl kärl bro͝okˈmän [key], 1849–1919, German philologist. A professor at Leipzig, Brugmann believed that scientific rules of linguistics do not admit of exceptions. With the help of o...Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August
(Encyclopedia)Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August kärl ouˈgo͝ost färnˈhägən fən ĕnˈzə [key], 1785–1858, German poet, historian, and journalist. He collaborated with Chamisso and other writers and wrote Bio...Kraus, Karl
(Encyclopedia)Kraus, Karl kärl krous [key], 1874–1936, Austrian essayist and poet, b. Bohemia. His satirical review the Fackel lashed out at hypocrisy, intellectual corruption, and the machine age. His voluminou...Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig
(Encyclopedia)Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig poul kärl lo͝otˈvĭkh dro͞oˈdə [key], 1863–1906, German physicist. Drude first experimented with the physical determinants of optical constants, measuring the optical c...Wrede, Karl Philipp von
(Encyclopedia)Wrede, Karl Philipp von kärl fēˈlĭp fən vrāˈdə [key], 1767–1838, Bavarian general. He helped reorganize the Bavarian army, commanded part of the Bavarian troops fighting with the French agai...Browse by Subject
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