(Encyclopedia) Luther, HansLuther, Hanshäns l&oomacr;ˈtər [key], 1879–1962, German statesman. As Gustav Stresemann's minister of finance he aided Hjalmar Schacht in stabilizing the German…
(Encyclopedia) Siemens, Sir William, 1823–83, English electrical engineer, b. Germany; brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens. Originally his name was Carl Wilhelm Siemens. After visiting England to…
(Encyclopedia) Goldschmidt, Richard Benedikt, 1878–1958, American zoologist and geneticist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Heidelberg, 1902. Goldschmidt taught at the Univ. of Munich (1903–14) and was at…
(Encyclopedia) Harnack, Adolf vonHarnack, Adolf vonäˈdôlf fən härˈnäk [key], 1851–1930, German theologian and church historian. He was professor of church history successively in the universities of…
(Encyclopedia) Bastian, AdolfBastian, Adolfäˈdôlf bäsˈtyän [key], 1826–1905, German anthropologist. Often called the father of ethnography, he recorded his observations of peoples and cultures in Der…
(Encyclopedia) Wassermann, August vonWassermann, August vonwŏsˈərmən, Ger. ouˈg&oobreve;st fən väsˈərmän [key], 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist. In Berlin he was director of the…
(Encyclopedia) Bialik, Hayyim NahmanBialik, Hayyim Nahmanhīˈyəm näˈmən byäˈlēk [key], 1873–1934, Hebrew poet, publisher in Odessa, Berlin, and Tel-Aviv, b. Volhynia, Russia. As an editor and…
(Encyclopedia) WürzburgWürzburgvürtsˈb&oobreve;rk [key], city (1994 pop. 128,875), capital of Lower Franconia, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Main River. It is an industrial city, the center…
