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Schlüter, Andreas
(Encyclopedia) Schlüter, AndreasSchlüter, Andreasändrāˈäs shlüˈtər [key], 1664–1714, German sculptor. After studying in France and Italy, he became architect and sculptor to the Hohenzollern at…Köhler, Wolfgang
(Encyclopedia) Köhler, WolfgangKöhler, Wolfgangköˈlər [key], 1887–1967, American psychologist, b. Estonia, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1909. From 1913 to 1920 he was director of a research station on…Lewin, Kurt
(Encyclopedia) Lewin, KurtLewin, Kurtl&oomacr;ˈĭn [key], 1890–1947, American psychologist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1914. He taught at the Univ. of Berlin before coming to the United…Harnack, Adolf von
(Encyclopedia) Harnack, Adolf vonHarnack, Adolf vonäˈdôlf fən härˈnäk [key], 1851–1930, German theologian and church historian. He was professor of church history successively in the universities of…Virchow, Rudolf
(Encyclopedia) Virchow, RudolfVirchow, Rudolfr&oomacr;ˈdôlf fĭrˈkhō [key], 1821–1902, German pathologist, a founder of cellular pathology. He became professor at the Univ. of Würzburg (1849) and…Spree
(Encyclopedia) SpreeSpreeshprā [key], river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the Lausitz Mts., E Central Germany, near the Czech Republic border. It flows N past Cottbus, then NW through the Spree…Schlick, Moritz
(Encyclopedia) Schlick, MoritzSchlick, Moritzmōˈrĭts shlĭk [key], 1882–1936, German philosopher, b. Berlin, grad. Univ. of Berlin (1904). He taught at Rostock and Kiel before he became (1922)…Bode, Johann Elert
(Encyclopedia) Bode, Johann ElertBode, Johann Elertyōˈhän āˈlĕrt bōˈdə [key], 1747–1826, German astronomer. From 1772 to 1825 he was astronomer of the Academy of Science, Berlin, and from 1786,…Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann
(Encyclopedia) Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann, 1903–95, German biochemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1927. Butenandt held academic posts at the Univ. of Göttingen (1927–33) and the Institute of…secession, in art
(Encyclopedia) secession, in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or…Trending
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