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Andersson, Karl Johan
(Encyclopedia)Andersson, Karl Johan yo͞oˈhän änˈdərsōnˌ [key], 1827–67, Swedish explorer in Africa. In 1850 he and Francis Galton set out from Walvis Bay (now in Namibia) to explore Damaraland and Ovambol...Ziegler, Karl
(Encyclopedia)Ziegler, Karl tsēˈglər [key], 1898–1973, German chemist. Educated at the Univ. of Marburg, he taught at Heidelberg and Halle and for a short period at the Univ. of Chicago. He became director of ...Naegeli, Karl Wilhelm von
(Encyclopedia)Naegeli, Karl Wilhelm von: see Nägeli. ...Karl-Marx-Stadt
(Encyclopedia)Karl-Marx-Stadt: see Chemnitz, Germany. ...Goldmark, Rubin
(Encyclopedia)Goldmark, Rubin: see under Goldmark, Karl. ...Karl Marx University
(Encyclopedia)Karl Marx University: see Leipzig, Univ. of. ...Haushofer, Karl
(Encyclopedia)Haushofer, Karl kärl housˈhōfər [key], 1869–1946, German geographer, theorist of Nazi geopolitics, including the doctrines that the state is a living organism and that race and territory are lin...Savigny, Friedrich Karl von
(Encyclopedia)Savigny, Friedrich Karl von frēˈdrĭkh kärl fən säˈvĭnyē [key], 1779–1861, German jurist and legal historian, a founder of the historical school of jurisprudence. He taught (1810–42) Roman...La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de
(Encyclopedia)La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de: see Fouqué. ...Siebold, Karl Theodor Ernst von
(Encyclopedia)Siebold, Karl Theodor Ernst von: see under Siebold, family. ...Browse by Subject
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