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Weiss, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Weiss, PeterWeiss, Peterpāˈtər vīs [key], 1916–82, German-Swedish dramatist, novelist, film director, and painter. Weiss's early novels Abschied von den Eltern (1961; tr. Leavetaking,…

Artaud, Antonin

(Encyclopedia) Artaud, AntoninArtaud, AntoninäNtônăNˈ ärtōˈ [key], 1896–1948, French poet, actor, and director. During the 1920s and 30s he was associated with various experimental theater groups in…

Brook, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Brook, Peter, 1925–, English theatrical director, b. London, grad. Oxford (1943). An innovative, unconventional, and controversial figure, Brook mounts energetic productions in which…

Weiss, Rainer

(Encyclopedia) Weiss, Rainer, 1932–, American physicist, b. Berlin, Germany, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962. Weiss has been on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of…

Boner, Ulrich

(Encyclopedia) Boner or Bonerius, UlrichBoner or Bonerius, Ulrich&oobreve;lˈrĭkh bōˈnər, bōnērˈēəs [key], fl. 14th cent., Swiss fabulist, a Dominican monk. His Edelstein (c.1345), a collection of…

Ulrich Zwingli

Name at birth: Huldreich or Huldrych ZwingliUlrich Zwingli's insistence that the Bible, not the church, was the source of Christian truth made him a major force in the Protestant Reformation that…

Skeet Ulrich

Name at birth: Brian Ray TroutHis roles in the horror films Scream and The Craft made 1996 the year Skeet Ulrich captured the hearts of excitable teens. His appearance in Scream as Billy, the…

Thorne, Kip Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Thorne, Kip Stephen, 1940–, American theoretical physicist, b. Logan, Utah. Ph.D. Princeton, 1965. Thorne has been a professor (emeritus from 2009) at the California Institute of…

Ulrich von Lichtenstein

(Encyclopedia) Ulrich von LichtensteinUlrich von Lichtenstein&oobreve;lˈrĭkh fən lĭkhˈtənshtīn [key], c.1200–1275, German minnesinger. His chief work, Frauendienst [service of his lady] (1255),…

Richard Weiss Biography

Richard WeissAge: 33 Olympic kayaker; finished sixth in the slalom event at the 1996 Summer Games and honored as Kayak Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee; of a kayak accident…