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Albert Ellis Biography

psychologistBorn: September 27, 1913Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa.Died: July 24, 2007 Albert Ellis introduced a new approach to the field of psychology in the 1950s called…

Schäffle, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Schäffle, AlbertSchäffle, Albertälˈbĕrt shĕfˈlə [key], 1831–1903, German economist and sociologist. He taught economics at the universities of Tübingen and Vienna. His views were based…

Kesselring, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Kesselring, AlbertKesselring, Albertälˈbĕrt kĕsˈəlrĭng [key], 1885–1960, German field marshal. An artillery staff officer in World War I, he later joined the air force and rapidly rose…

Albert Nile

(Encyclopedia) Albert Nile, river, Uganda: see Nile.

Mathiez, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Mathiez, AlbertMathiez, Albertälbĕrˈ mätyāˈ [key], 1874–1932, French historian, an authority on the French Revolution. He studied under Aulard, whose scientific method he adopted,…

Fert, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Fert, AlbertFert, Albertälbârˈ fâr [key], 1938– French physicist, b. Carcassonne, France. After receiving his Ph.D. at the Univ. of Paris-Sud in 1970 Fert accepted a teaching position…

Claude, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Claude, AlbertClaude, Albertälbârrˈ klōd [key], 1899–1983, Belgian biologist, b. Longlier, M.D., Univ. of Liège, 1928. He joined the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller Univ.) in…

Albert, German churchman

(Encyclopedia) Albert, 1490–1545, German churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the house of Brandenburg, he became (1514) archbishop of Mainz. Because Albert was underage,…