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Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt WilhelmBorn: July 26, 1923Baseball RHP Knuckleballer who is 3rd all-time in games pitched (1,070) and 1st in games finished (651) and games won in relief (123); career ERA of 2.52 and…Wilhelm II
Name at birth: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor AlbertWilhelm II ruled Germany and Prussia from 1888 until he was forced into exile at the end of World War I, in 1918. He was the grandson of Wilhelm I, the…Pachelbel, Johann
(Encyclopedia) Pachelbel, JohannPachelbel, Johannpäkhĕlˈbĕl, päkhˈəlbĕlˌ [key], 1653–1706, German organist and composer, b. Nuremberg. He held a number of posts as an organist in German churches,…Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, BaronGrimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baronfrēˈdrĭkh mĕlˈkhēôr bärōnˈ grĭm [key], 1723–1807, German man of letters in France. He contributed to the Encyclopédie…Cinderella
(Encyclopedia) Cinderella, heroine of one of the most famous folktales in the world. She is rescued from a life of drudgery by her fairy godmother and eventually marries a handsome prince. The story…Brewer's: Wilhelm Meister
(2 syl.). The first true German novel. It was by Goethe, who died 1832, aged eighty-three. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Bach
(Encyclopedia) BachBachbäkh [key], German family of distinguished musicians who flourished from the 16th through the 18th cent., its most renowned member being Johann Sebastian Bach (see separate…Grimm's law
(Encyclopedia) Grimm's law, principle of relationships in Indo-European languages, first formulated by Jakob Grimm in 1822 and a continuing subject of interest and investigation to 20th-century…Snowdrop by the Brothers Grimm
Snowdrop It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country many thousand miles off sat working at her window. The frame of the window…Brewer's: Grimm's Law
A law discovered by Jacob L. Grimm, the German philologist, to show how the mute consonants interehange as corresponding words occur in different branches of the Aryan family of languages…Trending
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