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Simmel, Georg

(Encyclopedia) Simmel, GeorgSimmel, Georggāˈôrk zĭmˈəl [key], 1858–1918, German philosopher and sociologist. At the universities of Berlin and Strasbourg he was an influential lecturer. Basing his…

Biographies: Leaders in Sociology

Leaders in Sociology Albert Brisbane See also Activists and Reformers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Gender Issues Race & Ethnicity Law…

Forster, Johann Reinhold

(Encyclopedia) Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729–98, German naturalist and teacher. His Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1772–73) on zoology, ornithology, and ichthyology established him…

Graevius, Johann Georg

(Encyclopedia) Graevius, Johann GeorgGraevius, Johann Georgyōˈhän gāˈôrk grāˈvē&oobreve;s [key], 1632–1703, German antiquary. His German name was Gräve or Greffe. He was historiographer to…

Herwegh, Georg

(Encyclopedia) Herwegh, GeorgHerwegh, Georggāˈôrkh hĕrˈvāk [key], 1817–75, German revolutionary poet. His best-known work, Gedichte eines Lebendigen [poems of a living man] (1841) stirred much…

Leuckart, Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf

(Encyclopedia) Leuckart, Karl Georg Friedrich RudolfLeuckart, Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolfkärl gāˈôrk frēˈdrĭkh r&oomacr;ˈdôlf loiˈkärt [key], 1823–98, German zoologist, a founder of the science…

Muffat, Georg

(Encyclopedia) Muffat, GeorgMuffat, Georggāˈôrk m&oobreve;fˈät [key], 1645–1704, German organist and composer. Muffat studied in Italy with Arcangelo Corelli and Bernardo Pasquini. He also spent…

Solti, Sir Georg

(Encyclopedia) Solti, Sir GeorgSolti, Sir Georgshôltē [key], 1912–97, English conductor, b. Hungary. He made his conducting debut in Budapest (1933) and later led orchestras in Switzerland, Germany,…

Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg

(Encyclopedia) Albrechtsberger, Johann GeorgAlbrechtsberger, Johann Georgyōˈhän gāˈôrk älˈbrĕkhtsbĕrˌgər [key], 1736–1809, Austrian musical theorist, teacher, and composer. He became (1772) court…

Benda, Georg Anton

(Encyclopedia) Benda, Georg AntonBenda, Georg Antongāˈôrkh änˈtôn bĕnˈdä [key], 1722–95, Bohemian composer. Benda, whose Bohemian name was Jiří Antonín Benda, came from a musical family that moved to…