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Gadamer, Hans-Georg
(Encyclopedia)Gadamer, Hans-Georg hänsˈ gāˈôrk găˈdəmər [key], 1900–2002, German philosopher, b. Marburg. He taught at Kiel (1934–37), Marburg (1937–39), Leipzig (1939–74), and Frankfurt (1947–49...Jahnn, Hans Henny
(Encyclopedia)Jahnn, Hans Henny häns hĕnˈē yän [key], 1894–1959, German novelist, dramatist, music publisher, and organ builder. Jahnn's early dramas, including Pastor Ephraim Magnus (1919) and Medea (1926),...Dehmelt, Hans Georg
(Encyclopedia)Dehmelt, Hans Georg häns gāˈôrkh dāˈməlt [key], 1922–2017, German-American physicist, b. Gorlitz, Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1950. A professor at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle, ...Eysenck, Hans Jurgen
(Encyclopedia)Eysenck, Hans Jurgen häns yo͝orˈgən īˈsĕngk [key], 1916–97, British psychologist. Best known for his theory of human personality, Eysenck suggested that personality is biologically determined...Seeckt, Hans von
(Encyclopedia)Seeckt, Hans von häns fən zākt [key], 1866–1936, German general. He fought in Poland, Serbia, Romania, and Turkey during World War I. In 1920 he was made chief of the Reichswehr—the German army...Baldung-Grien, Hans
(Encyclopedia)Baldung-Grien, Hans: see Baldung, Hans. ...Oersted, Hans Christian
(Encyclopedia)Oersted or Ørsted, Hans Christian häns krĭsˈtyän örˈstĭᵺ [key], 1777–1851, Danish physicist and chemist. He was professor at Copenhagen from 1806. His discovery (1819) that a magnetic need...Branner, Hans Christian
(Encyclopedia)Branner, Hans Christian, 1903–66, Danish writer. Branner's early novels, often concerned with the irrational fears of childhood, include The Child Playing on the Shore (1937). With The Riding Master...Sloane, Sir Hans
(Encyclopedia)Sloane, Sir Hans, 1660–1753, British physican and naturalist, president of the Royal College of Physicians (1719–35) and of the Royal Society (1727–40). His collection of botanical specimens (so...Waldstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von
(Encyclopedia)Waldstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von: see Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von. ...Browse by Subject
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