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Kraszewski, Józef Ignacy

(Encyclopedia) Kraszewski, Józef IgnacyKraszewski, Józef Ignacyy&oomacr;ˈzĕf ēgnäˈtsē kräshĕfˈskē [key], 1812–87, Polish writer. He was imprisoned for political activities in Lithuania and in…

Kalisch, Isidor

(Encyclopedia) Kalisch, IsidorKalisch, Isidorēzēdôrˈ kāˈlĭsh, käˈ– [key], 1816–86, Jewish rabbi and author, b. Prussia. Forced to leave Germany because of his liberal political views, he emigrated to…

Katowice

(Encyclopedia) KatowiceKatowicekätôvēˈtsĕ [key], Ger. Kattowitz, city (1993 est. pop. 366,200), capital of Śląskie prov., S Poland. One of the chief mining and industrial centers of Poland, it has…

Bonnke, Reinhard

(Encyclopedia) Bonnke, Reinhard, 1940–2019, German evangelist, b. Königsburg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). After studying at the Bible College of Wales (now the Trinity School of Ministry) he became a…

Bruyn, Barthel Bartholomaeus

(Encyclopedia) Bruyn, Barthel BartholomaeusBruyn, Barthel Bartholomaeusbärˈtəl bärˌtōlōmāˈ&oomacr;s broin [key], 1493–1555, German Renaissance painter, active in Cologne from 1515. Known…

Brown, Elmer Ellsworth

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, 1861–1934, American educator, b. Chautauqua co., N.Y., grad. Illinois State Normal Univ., 1881, and studied at the Univ. of Michigan and in Germany. He taught…

Capito, Wolfgang Fabricius

(Encyclopedia) Capito, Wolfgang FabriciusCapito, Wolfgang Fabriciuskăpˈĭtō, Ger. vôlfˈgäng fäbrēˈtsy&oobreve;s käˈpētō [key], 1478–1541, German Protestant reformer, whose original family name was…

Stuttgart Ballet

(Encyclopedia) Stuttgart Ballet, the first major German ballet company. The company, housed in the Württemberg Staatstheater, rose rapidly to fame in the 1960s under the direction of John Cranko (…

Württemberg-Hohenzollern

(Encyclopedia) Württemberg-HohenzollernWürttemberg-Hohenzollernvürˈtəmbĕrkˌ-hōˌəntsôlˈərn [key], former state, c.4,020 sq mi (10,410 sq km), SW Germany. Tübingen was the capital. Formed after 1945,…

Trelleborg

(Encyclopedia) TrelleborgTrelleborgtrĕləbôrˈyə [key], city (1990 pop. 22,850), Malmöhus co., extreme S Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. Manufactures include machinery, rubber, cement, and refined…