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Krogh, Schack August Steenberg
(Encyclopedia)Krogh, Schack August Steenberg shäk ouˈgo͝ost stānˈbĕrg krôkh [key], 1874–1949, Danish physiologist. He taught at the Univ. of Copenhagen (1916–45) and studied respiration, circulation, and...Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig
(Encyclopedia)Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig frēˈdrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm lo͞odˈvĭkh līkhˈhärt [key], 1813–1848?, Prussian explorer of Australia. He led (1844–45) an expedition from Moreton Bay to Port ...Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron lo͞otˈvĭkh ouˈgo͞ost bärōnˈ dēˈskou [key], 1701–67, French general in the French and Indian Wars. In 1755 he was sent to take command of French troops in Amer...Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia)Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm dēbīˈ [key], 1884–1966, American physicist, b. the Netherlands. He was professor at the universities of Zürich, Utrecht, Göttingen, Leipzig, and Berlin. In 1940 he c...Humboldt, Wilhelm, Freiherr von
(Encyclopedia)Humboldt, Wilhelm, Freiherr von frīˈhĕr fən ho͝omˈbôlt [key], 1767–1835, German statesman and philologist; brother of Alexander von Humboldt. As Prussian minister of education (1809–10) he...Nägeli, Karl Wilhelm von
(Encyclopedia)Nägeli or Naegeli, Karl Wilhelm von both: kärl vĭlˈhĕlm fən nāˈgəlē [key], 1817–91, Swiss botanist. He was professor at the Univ. of Munich from 1858 and was noted especially for his work ...Bülow, Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von
(Encyclopedia)Bülow, Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von fən büˈlō [key], 1755–1816, Prussian general in the Napoleonic Wars. After his victories (1813) over the French at Gross Beeren and at Dennewitz he was c...Dedekind, Julius Wilhelm Richard
(Encyclopedia)Dedekind, Julius Wilhelm Richard yo͞olˈyo͝os vĭlˈhĕlm rĭkhˈärt dāˈdəkĭnt [key], 1831–1916, German mathematician. Dedekind studied at Göttingen under the German mathematician Carl Gauss...Naegeli, Karl Wilhelm von
(Encyclopedia)Naegeli, Karl Wilhelm von: see Nägeli. ...Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia)Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm ärˈnōlt yōhänˈəs vĭlˈhĕlm zômˈərfĕlt [key], 1868–1951, German physicist and teacher. He received a Ph.D. at Königsburg Univ. in 1891 and was a prof...Browse by Subject
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