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Harden, Sir Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Harden, Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, British biochemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Erlangen, 1888. Harden was a lecturer at the Univ. of Manchester (1888–1897) before becoming a researcher (1897–1930)…

Zabrze

(Encyclopedia) ZabrzeZabrzezäbˈzhĕ [key], Ger. Hindenburg, city (1992 est. pop. 202,800), Śląskie prov., S Poland. It is a railway junction in the Katowice mining and industrial region. Local coal…

Carlsbad Decrees

(Encyclopedia) Carlsbad Decrees, 1819, resolutions adopted by the ministers of German states at a conference at Carlsbad that was convened and dominated by Prince Metternich following the murder of…

Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre

(Encyclopedia) Bonpland, Aimé Jacques AlexandreBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandreāmāˈ zhäkˈ älĕksäNˈdrə bôNpläNˈ [key], 1773–1858, French surgeon and naturalist who accompanied Alexander von Humboldt…

New Braunfels

(Encyclopedia) New BraunfelsNew Braunfelsbrounˈfəlz [key], city (1990 pop. 22,334), seat of Comal co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1847. Portland cement, consumer goods, crushed…

Michaelis, Georg

(Encyclopedia) Michaelis, GeorgMichaelis, Georggāˈôrkh mĭkhˌäāˈlĭs [key], 1857–1936, German chancellor (July–Oct., 1917). A Prussian bureaucrat, he succeeded Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg as imperial…

Lehár, Franz

(Encyclopedia) Lehár, FranzLehár, Franzfränts lĕˈhär [key], 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas. After completing studies at the Prague Conservatory (1882–88), he began a career as a conductor…

Köpenick

(Encyclopedia) KöpenickKöpenickköˈpənĭk [key], district of Berlin, E Germany, at the confluence of the Spree and Dahme rivers. It is an industrial center and a tourist spot, with forests and large…

Bamberger, Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) Bamberger, LudwigBamberger, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh bämˈbĕrgər [key], 1823–99, German economist, politician, and journalist. An ardent liberal, he took part in the Revolution of 1848…

Sternheim, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Sternheim, CarlSternheim, Carlkärl shtĕrnˈhīm [key], 1878–1943, German dramatist. In his successful comedy Die Hose (1911, tr. A Pair of Drawers, 1927) and in his later works he…