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Klaus, Václav

(Encyclopedia)Klaus, Václav klous [key], 1941–, Czech politician. A staunch free-market economist and leader (1991–2002) of the Civic Democratic party, he has been one of Eastern Europe's more influential pos...

Heine, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia)Heine, Heinrich hīnˈrĭkh hīˈnə [key], 1797–1856, German poet, b. Düsseldorf, of a Jewish family. One of the greatest of German lyric poets, he had a varied career. After failing in business h...

Ludwigsburg

(Encyclopedia)Ludwigsburg lo͞otˈvĭkhsbo͝orkhˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 86,220), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, near the Neckar River. It is a transportation and industrial center. Manufactures include machine t...

Richter, Ludwig

(Encyclopedia)Richter, Ludwig rĭkhˈtər [key], 1803–84, German painter, illustrator, and etcher; son and pupil of the engraver Karl Richter (1770–1848). His characteristic paintings combine figure and landsc...

Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

(Encyclopedia)Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth hyälˈmär hyôrt boiˈĕsĕn [key], 1848–95, American writer, b. Norway, educated at the universities of Leipzig and Christiania (Ph.D., 1868). He came to the United States...

Müller, Max

(Encyclopedia)Müller, Max (Friedrich Maximilian Müller, Friedrich Max Müller, or Friedrich Max-Müller) ;frēˈdrĭkh mäkˌsēmēlˈyän [key], 1823–1900, German philologist and Orientalist, b. Dessau; son of...

Raimar, Freimund

(Encyclopedia)Raimar, Freimund: see Rückert, Friedrich. ...

Paul, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Paul, Jean: see Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich. ...

Jean Paul

(Encyclopedia)Jean Paul: see Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich. ...

Éboli, Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda, princesa de

(Encyclopedia)Éboli, Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda, princesa de äˈnä ᵺā māndōˈthä ᵺā lä thārˈdä prēnthāˈsä ᵺā āˈbōlē [key], 1540–92, Spanish noblewoman. After the death (1573) of her hus...