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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
(Encyclopedia) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang vonGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonyōˈhän vôlfˈgäng fən göˈtə [key], 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist, b. Frankfurt. One of the great…Biron, Ernst Johann von
(Encyclopedia) Biron or Biren, Ernst Johann vonBiron or Biren, Ernst Johann vonĕrnst yōhänˈ fən bēˈrôn, bēˈrən [key], 1690–1772, duke of Courland (1737–43, 1763–69), favorite of Czarina Anna of…Fischart, Johann
(Encyclopedia) Fischart, JohannFischart, Johannyōˈhän fĭshˈärt [key], b. 1548, d. 1590 or 1591, German satirist and moralist. He lived in Strasbourg. He translated and paraphrased works by Rabelais…Mathematicians
Related Links Numbers and FormulasConversions and Equivalents Search for more scientists and other notable figures Jump to a category: Mathematicians Statisticians…Overbeck, Johann Friedrich
(Encyclopedia) Overbeck, Johann FriedrichOverbeck, Johann Friedrichyōˈhän frēˈdrĭkh oˈvərbĕk [key], 1789–1869, German religious painter. Expelled from the Vienna Academy because of his opposition to…Sturm und Drang
(Encyclopedia) Sturm und DrangSturm und Drangsht&oobreve;rm &oobreve;nt dräng [key] or Storm and Stress, movement in German literature that flourished from c.1770 to c.1784. It takes its name…Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von
(Encyclopedia) Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David vonScharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David vongĕrˈhärt yōˈhän däˈvēt fən shärnˈhôrst [key], 1755–1813, Prussian general. A Hanoverian army officer, military…Elizabeth Charlotte of Bavaria
(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth Charlotte of Bavaria, 1652–1722, German princess, called the Princess Palatine and also known as Charlotte Elizabeth; wife of Philippe I d'Orléans, brother of King Louis XIV…Biographies: Selected Mathematicians and Statisticians
Selected Mathematicians and Statisticians René Descartes See also Notable Women Scientists People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Branches of Mathematics…Sickingen, Franz von
(Encyclopedia) Sickingen, Franz vonSickingen, Franz vonfränts fən zĭˈkĭngən [key], 1481–1523, German knight. Placed under the ban of the Holy Roman Empire because of his profitable forays along the…Trending
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