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Gossen, Hermann Heinrich

(Encyclopedia)Gossen, Hermann Heinrich hr´män hn´rkh gô´sn [key], 1810–58, German economist, little known in his lifetime. His work, Entwicklung der Gesetze des menschlichen Verkehrs und der daraus f...

Müller, Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Müller, Hermann hr´män mül´r [key], 1876–1931, German statesman. A Social Democrat, he succeeded in 1919 to the post of German foreign minister and signed the Treaty of Versailles. He was c...

Himmler, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia)Himmler, Heinrich hn´rkh hm´lr [key], 1900–1945, German Nazi leader. An early member of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) party, Himmler took part in Adolf Hitler's beer-hall p...

Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Hermann, d. AD 21: see Arminius.

Oncken, Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Oncken, Hermann hr´män ông´kn [key], 1869–1946, German historian. He taught at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Chicago, and (1928–35) Berlin. He was forced to retire because of his...

Maier, Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Maier, Hermann hr´män m´r [key], 1972–, Austrian skier. Sent home from a ski academy in his teens by a physical condition, he was a bricklayer before winning a place on the Austrian World...

Cohen, Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Cohen, Hermann k´n [key], 1842–1918, German philosopher. He was a founder of the Neo-Kantian Marburg school and was known for his commentaries on Kant. His own works include Logik der reinen Er...

Broch, Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Broch, Hermann hr´män brôkh [key], 1886–1951, Austrian novelist. Broch is one of the masters of European modernism. Influenced by Immanuel Kant and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Kraus, and the Vien...

Sudermann, Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Sudermann, Hermann hr´män zoo´drmän [key], 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist. His play Die Ehre (1889; tr. Honor, 1906) was one of the first successes of the burgeoning German natur...

Boerhaave, Hermann

(Encyclopedia)Boerhaave, Hermann hr´män boor´häv [key], 1668–1738, Dutch physician and humanist. One of the most influential clinicians and teachers of the 18th cent., Boerhaave spent almost his entire ...