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Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von
(Encyclopedia)Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von hīnˈrĭkh gräfˈ fən brül [key], 1700–1763, Saxon statesman. He was adviser to Augustus II, king of Poland and elector of Saxony, and gained control of both governmen...Bellegarde, Heinrich, Count von
(Encyclopedia)Bellegarde, Heinrich, Count von hīnˈrĭkh, fən bĕlgärdˈ [key], 1756–1845, Austrian soldier and statesman. He fought against the French in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in German...Wagner, Adolf Heinrich Gotthilf
(Encyclopedia)Wagner, Adolf Heinrich Gotthilf äˈdôlf hīnˈrĭkh gôtˈhĭlf vägˈnər [key], 1835–1917, German economist and socialist, studied at Göttingen and Heidelberg. He taught economics at several un...Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia)Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm yōˈhän hīnˈrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm tĭshˈbīn [key], 1751–1829, German classical painter and etcher. He was a popular portrait painter of the German royalty. He al...Bary, Heinrich Anton de
(Encyclopedia)Bary, Heinrich Anton de: see De Bary. ...Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich, Graf von
(Encyclopedia)Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich, Graf von bĕrnsˈtôrf [key], 1862–1939, German diplomat. As ambassador to the United States (1908–17), he tried to conciliate American feelings toward Germany and re...Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich
(Encyclopedia)Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich ĕrnst flōˈrĕns frēˈdrĭkh klädˈnē [key], 1756–1827, German physicist. An authority on acoustics, he made studies of the transmission of sound in various gas...Hügel, Friedrich, Baron von
(Encyclopedia)Hügel, Friedrich, Baron von frēˈdrĭkh bärōnˈ fən hüˈgəl [key], 1852–1925, British Roman Catholic religious writer, b. Florence; son of an Austrian diplomat. After his marriage (1873), Hü...Hayek, Friedrich August von
(Encyclopedia)Hayek, Friedrich August von frēˈdrĭkh ougo͝ostˈ fôn hīˈək [key], 1899–1992, British economist, b. Vienna. He was raised and educated in Austria and taught at the London School of Economics ...Hecker, Friedrich Franz Karl
(Encyclopedia)Hecker, Friedrich Franz Karl frēˈdrĭkh fränts kärl hĕkˈər [key], 1811–81, German revolutionary. A lawyer, he was a leader of the radical republicans in the grand duchy of Baden and during th...Browse by Subject
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