(Encyclopedia) Oncken, HermannOncken, Hermannhĕrˈmän ôngˈkən [key], 1869–1946, German historian. He taught at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Chicago, and (1928–35) Berlin. He was forced to…
(Encyclopedia) Haugwitz, Christian August Heinrich, Graf vonHaugwitz, Christian August Heinrich, Graf vonhīnˈrĭkh gräf fən houkˈvĭts [key], 1752–1832, Prussian foreign minister (1802–4, 1805–6). In…
(Encyclopedia) Sue, EugèneSue, Eugèneözhĕnˈ sü [key], 1804–57, French novelist, whose name was originally Marie-Joseph Sue. A surgeon in the French navy, he went into exile when Napoleon III came to…
(Encyclopedia) PlombièresPlombièresplôNbyĕrˈ [key] or Plombières-les-BainsPlombières-les-Bains–lā-băN [key], village, Vosges dept., NE France, in the Vosges Mts. It is a fashionable spa, with…
(Encyclopedia) Börne, Karl LudwigBörne, Karl Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh börˈnə [key], 1786–1837, German journalist, of Jewish origin. His original name was Löb Baruch. He studied medicine and…
(Encyclopedia) Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David vonScharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David vongĕrˈhärt yōˈhän däˈvēt fən shärnˈhôrst [key], 1755–1813, Prussian general. A Hanoverian army officer, military…
(Encyclopedia) Godoy, Manuel deGodoy, Manuel demänwĕlˈ dā gōᵺoiˈ [key], 1767–1851, Spanish statesman. An army officer, he won the favor of Queen María Luisa and rose rapidly at the court of Charles…
Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon 1707–1788Georges Cuvier 1769–1832Alexandre Brongniart 1770–1847William Buckland 1784–1856Gideon Mantell 1790–1852Mary Anning 1799–1847Richard Owen 1804–…
(Encyclopedia) Barthélemy, François, marquis de, 1747?–1830, French statesman. While minister to Switzerland, he negotiated the Treaties of Basel (1795), which took Prussia and Spain out of the…
