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Reuchlin, Johann
(Encyclopedia) Reuchlin, JohannReuchlin, Johannyōˈhän roikhˈlən [key], 1455–1522, German humanist and lawyer, a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, b. Baden. He taught jurisprudence at Tübingen. In 1492 he…Döllinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
(Encyclopedia) Döllinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz vonDöllinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz vonyōˈhän yōˈzĕf ĭgˈnäts fən dölˈĭngər [key], 1799–1890, German theologian and historian, leader of the Old Catholics.…Johanns, Mike
secretary of AgricultureBirthplace: Osage, IowaBorn: 6/18/50Johannes Gutenberg
Name at birth: Johann GensfleischJohannes Gutenberg is generally credited with the creation of movable type printing -- the process that made it possible to publish many copies of a single work at…Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler supported the heliocentric theory by Nicolas Copernicus, defending it in his first major work, Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596). In 1601 Kepler became the imperial mathematician to…Johannes Brahms
German pianist and composer Johannes Brahms is ranked among the masters of the Romantic era of classical music. His most famous composition is the lullaby, "Lied Wiegenlied" ("Cradle Song"),…Swiss literature
(Encyclopedia) Swiss literature. The literature of Switzerland is written in German, French, Italian, and Romansh, with German predominating. The extensive literature in Romansh dialect (see Rhaeto-…Weimar
(Encyclopedia) WeimarWeimarvīˈmär [key], city (1994 pop. 58,807), E Thuringia, central Germany, on the Ilm River. It is an industrial, transportation, and cultural center. Manufactures include…Keller, Gottfried
(Encyclopedia) Keller, GottfriedKeller, Gottfriedgôtˈfrēt [key], 1819–90, Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His vital, realistic, and purposeful fiction gives him a high place among 19th-…Zimmermann note
(Encyclopedia) Zimmermann note, secret telegram sent on Jan. 16, 1917, by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann to Count Johann von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States. In it…Trending
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