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Scheler, Max

(Encyclopedia) Scheler, MaxScheler, Maxmäks shāˈlər [key], 1874–1928, German philosopher. He taught at the universities of Jena (1901–7) and Munich (1907–10), where he was influenced by Franz…

Black, Max

(Encyclopedia) Black, Max, 1909–88, American analytical philosopher, b. Baku, Russia (now Bakı, Azerbaijan), grad. Cambridge, Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1939. He taught at the Univ. of Illinois (1940–46…

Pettenkofer, Max von

(Encyclopedia) Pettenkofer, Max vonPettenkofer, Max vonmäks fən pĕtˈənkōˌfər [key], 1818–1901, German chemist and hygienist. He studied medicine at Munich. Pettenkofer is considered a founder of…

Eastman, Max

(Encyclopedia) Eastman, Max, 1883–1969, American author, b. Canandaigua, N.Y., grad. Williams, 1905. For many years a Communist and a leader of American liberal thought, he edited the left-wing…

Born, Max

(Encyclopedia) Born, Max, 1882–1970, British physicist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1907. He was head of the physics department at the Univ. of Göttingen from 1921 to 1933. When Nazi…

Max SCHWABE, Congress, MO (1905-1983)

SCHWABE, Max, (brother of George Blaine Schwabe), a Representative from Missouri; born in Columbia, Boone County, Mo., December 6, 1905; attended the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.;…

Gluckman, Herman Max

(Encyclopedia) Gluckman, Herman MaxGluckman, Herman Maxglŭkˈmən [key], 1911–75, British anthropologist, b. Johannesburg, South Africa, grad. Univ. of Witwatersrand (B.A., 1930) and Oxford (Ph.D.,…

Wundt, Wilhelm Max

(Encyclopedia) Wundt, Wilhelm MaxWundt, Wilhelm Maxvĭlˈhĕlm mäks v&oobreve;nt [key], 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist. From 1875 he taught at Leipzig, where he founded the first…

Max A. SANDLIN, Congress, TX (1952)

SANDLIN, Max A., (husband of Stephanie Herseth Sandlin), a Representative from Texas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., September 29, 1952; graduated from Atlanta High School, Atlanta,…

Friedländer, Max J.

(Encyclopedia) Friedländer, Max J.Friedländer, Max J.frēdˈlĕndər [key], 1867–1958, German art historian. Educated in Munich, he became director of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. He left…