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Gluckman, Herman Max

(Encyclopedia) Gluckman, Herman MaxGluckman, Herman Maxglŭkˈmən [key], 1911–75, British anthropologist, b. Johannesburg, South Africa, grad. Univ. of Witwatersrand (B.A., 1930) and Oxford (Ph.D.,…

Orvan Hess 2002 Deaths

Orvan HessAge: 96 pioneering obstetrician and gynecologist who, in 1942, became the first physician to successfully use penicillin clincially when he treated a woman on the verge of death…

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

(Encyclopedia) Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Homburg vor der Höhe bät hômˈb&oobreve;rk fôr dĕr höˈə…

Offenbach am Main

(Encyclopedia) Offenbach am MainOffenbach am Mainôfˈənbäkh äm mīn [key] or Offenbach, city (1994 pop. 116,870), Hesse, S central Germany, on the Main River. It is an industrial center long famous for…

Herman Moore

Herman MooreBorn: Oct. 20, 1969Football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions; caught an NFL-record 123 passes in 1995.Archie MooreK - MMichael Moorer

Herman Hollerith

Herman HollerithBorn: 1860Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Art of compiling statistics—Hollerith invented a punch card tabulation machine system that revolutionized statistical computation. His…

Herman Affel

Herman Affel Born: 1893 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Coaxial cable—While at AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in…

Herman Melville

Herman Melville was the celebrated author of several big 19th-century novels about the sea, most importantly the novel Moby Dick. His first novel was Typee. Published in 1846, it recounted his…

Herman Cain

Herman Cain was a retired businessman and lobbyist from Georgia who in 2011 ran for the Republican nomination for president. Herman Cain came to politics late in life, rising to prominence after a…

Hanau

(Encyclopedia) Hanau Hanau häˈnou [key], city, Hesse, central Germany, on the Main and Kinzig rivers. It is…