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Brunner, Emil
(Encyclopedia) Brunner, EmilBrunner, Emilāˈmēl br&oobreve;nˈər [key], 1889–1966, Swiss Protestant theologian. A clear and systematic thinker from the school of dialectical theology, he was a…Adler, H. G.
(Encyclopedia) Adler, H. G. (Hans Günther Adler)Adler, H. G.häns günˈtər ädˈlər [key], 1910–88, modernist author and Holocaust studies pioneer, b. Prague to a German Jewish family, studied Charles…Lamprecht, Karl
(Encyclopedia) Lamprecht, KarlLamprecht, Karlkärl lämˈprĕkht [key], 1856–1915, German historian. Opposing the notion of heroes in history, he advocated a history based on broad social, cultural, and…Laube, Heinrich
(Encyclopedia) Laube, HeinrichLaube, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh louˈbə [key], 1806–84, German writer. Prominent in the liberal Young Germany movement, he wrote historical novels, among them the cycle Der…Strauss, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, RichardStrauss, Richardrĭkhˈärt shtrous [key], 1864–1949, German composer. Strauss brought to a culmination the development of the 19th-century symphonic poem, and was a…Reuter, Christian
(Encyclopedia) Reuter, ChristianReuter, Christiankrĭsˈtēän roiˈtər [key], 1665–c.1712, German writer of satiric fiction and drama. Reuter's Schelmuffsky (1696, tr. 1962) was among the first…ratio
(Encyclopedia) ratio. The ratio of two quantities expressed in terms of the same unit is the fraction that has the first quantity as numerator and the second as denominator. For example, if in a…Scotti, Antonio
(Encyclopedia) Scotti, AntonioScotti, Antonioäntôˈnyō skôtˈtē [key], 1866–1936, Italian operatic baritone. He made his American debut in Chicago in 1899. From 1899 to 1933 he was immensely popular at…Mount Clemens
(Encyclopedia) Mount ClemensMount Clemensklĕmˈənz [key], city (1990 pop. 18,405), seat of Macomb co., NE of Detroit, SE Mich., on the Clinton River; settled c.1798, inc. as a city 1879. The city is…Tynemouth
(Encyclopedia) TynemouthTynemouthtīnˈməth, tĭnˈ– [key], city (1991 pop. 60,022), North Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River. Tynemouth is highly industrialized. Formerly a…Trending
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