Born: 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 227 saves; 1st…
(Encyclopedia) Furtwängler, WilhelmFurtwängler, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm [key]Furtwängler, Wilhelm f&oobreve;rtˈvĕng-lər [key], 1886–1954, German conductor, b. Berlin; son of Adolf Furtwängler. One of the…
(Encyclopedia) Roux, WilhelmRoux, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm [key]Roux, Wilhelm r&oomacr; [key], 1850–1924, German anatomist, a founder of experimental embryology. He was a pupil of Ernst Haeckel and a…
(Encyclopedia) Oncken, WilhelmOncken, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm [key]Oncken, Wilhelm ôngˈkən [key], 1838–1905, German historian. He taught at the Univ. of Giessen after 1866. A typical national liberal of the…
(Encyclopedia) Filchner, WilhelmFilchner, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm fĭlkhˈnər [key], 1877–1957, German explorer, geophysicist, and travel writer. He led several expeditions to China and Tibet, where he…
(Encyclopedia) Hofmeister, WilhelmHofmeister, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm hōfˈmīˌstər [key], 1824–77, German botanist. Although self-taught, he made such valuable studies of the reproduction and development of…
(Encyclopedia) Heinse, WilhelmHeinse, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm hīnˈsə [key], 1746–1803, German novelist. His principal novels, Ardinghello; or, An Artist's Rambles in Sicily (1787, tr. 1839) and Hildegard von…
(Encyclopedia) Wien, WilhelmWien, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm vēn [key], 1864–1928, German physicist. He was professor at the universities of Giessen (1899), Würzburg (1900–1920), and Munich (from 1920). He…
