(Encyclopedia) Kahn, JuliusKahn, Juliuskän [key], 1861–1924, American legislator, b. Germany. He arrived (1866) in California as a child. He studied law in San Francisco, was elected (1892) to the…
(Encyclopedia) Cohnheim, JuliusCohnheim, Juliusy&oomacr;ˈly&oobreve;s kōnˈhīm [key], 1839–84, German experimental histologist and pathologist. In a relatively brief life Cohnheim made a…
(Encyclopedia) Pollux, JuliusPollux, Juliuspŏlˈəks [key], fl. 170, Egyptian Greek lexicographer, b. Naucratis. He compiled a Greek lexicon for Emperor Commodus.
(Encyclopedia) Plücker, JuliusPlücker, Juliusy&oomacr;ˈly&oobreve;s plüˈkər [key], 1801–68, German mathematician and physicist. He became professor of mathematics (1836) and of physics (1847…
(Encyclopedia) Rudel, Julius, 1921–2014, Austrian-American conductor, b. Vienna, grad. Mannes School of Music (1942). A child prodigy on the violin and piano, he studied at the Vienna Academy of…
(Encyclopedia) Rosenwald, JuliusRosenwald, Juliusrōˈzənwôld [key], 1862–1932, American merchant and philanthropist, b. Springfield, Ill. He was president (1910–25), and later chairman of the board,…
(Encyclopedia) Axelrod, JuliusAxelrod, Juliusăkˈsəlrŏd [key], 1912–2004, American biochemist whose work was influential in the development of pharmaceuticals, b. New York City, grad. City College, N.…
(Encyclopedia) Nepos, Julius, d. 480, Roman emperor of the West (474–80). The military governor of Dalmatia, he was appointed emperor of the West by Leo I, emperor of the East. A year later he was…
(Encyclopedia) Streicher, JuliusStreicher, Juliusy&oomacr;ˈly&oobreve;s shtrīˈkhər [key], 1885–1946, German National Socialist (Nazi) leader. An early party member, originally a schoolteacher…
(Encyclopedia) Caesar, Julius (Caius Julius Caesar), 100? b.c.–44 b.c., Roman statesman and general.
Caesar has always been one of the most controversial characters of history. His admirers have…
