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Ladislaus I, king of Poland

(Encyclopedia) Ladislaus I, 1260–1333, duke (1306–20) and later king (1320–33) of Poland; called Ladislaus the Short. He restored the Polish kingdom, which had been partitioned since 1138 (see Piast…

Münsterberg, Hugo

(Encyclopedia) Münsterberg, HugoMünsterberg, Hugomŭnˈstərbərg, mĭnˈ– [key], 1863–1916, American psychologist, b. Danzig, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1885; M.D. Univ. of Heidelberg, 1887. At the…

Calovius, Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Calovius, AbrahamCalovius, Abrahamkəlōˈvēəs [key], 1612–86, German Lutheran theologian, whose original name was Kalan or Calan. He was (1637–43) a professor of theology at Königsberg,…

Lefebvre, François Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Lefebvre, François JosephLefebvre, François JosephfräNswäˈ zhôzĕfˈ ləfĕˈvrə [key], 1755–1820, marshal of France. He rose from the ranks in the French Revolutionary Wars and…

Pomerania

(Encyclopedia) PomeraniaPomeraniapŏmˌərāˈnēə, region of N central Europe, extending along the Baltic Sea from a line W of Stralsund, Germany, to the Vistula River in Poland. From 1919 to 1939,…

Vistula

(Encyclopedia) VistulaVistulavĭsˈch&oobreve;lə [key], Pol. Wisła, longest river and principal waterway of Poland, c.665 mi (1,070 km) long. It rises in the West Beskid range of the Carpathians, S…

Stanislaus I

(Encyclopedia) Stanislaus I, 1677–1766, king of Poland (1704–1709, 1733–35) and duke of Lorraine (1735–66). He was born Stanislaus Leszczynski. Early in the Northern War (1700–1721), Charles XII of…

Gdańsk

(Encyclopedia) GdańskGdańskgədänskˈ [key], formerly DanzigGdańskdănˈsĭg [key], city (1993 est. pop. 466,700), capital of Pomorskie prov., N Poland, on a branch of the Vistula and on the Gulf of…

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…

Eileen Darby Lester 2004 Deaths

Eileen Darby LesterAge: 87 photographer who took pictures of more than 500 Broadway shows and a long list of stars, including Marlon Brando, Tallulah Bankhead, and Katharine Hepburn. Died:…