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Koch, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Koch, Johannes: see Cocceius, Johannes. ...

Koken, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Koken, Johannes: see Cocceius, Johannes. ...

Brenz, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Brenz, Johannes yōhänˈəs brĕnz [key], c.1522–67, German Protestant reformer. After coming under the influence of Johannes Oecolampadius and Martin Luther, Brenz stopped celebrating Mass (1523) ...

Stark, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Stark, Johannes, 1874–1957, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Munich, 1897. From 1900 until he retired in 1922, Stark served short stints on the faculties of several academic institutions, including ...

Tauler, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Tauler, Johannes yōhänˈəs touˈlər [key], c.1300–1361, German mystic. He was a Dominican. He met Meister Eckhart, either at Strasbourg or in Cologne, where he went to study, and he was one of E...

Sturm, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Sturm, Johannes yōhäˈnəs shto͝orm [key], 1507–89, German scholar and educator. He founded (1537) and directed for more than 40 years the Strasbourg Gymnasium. His system of graded readings and ...

Scheffler, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Scheffler, Johannes: see Angelus Silesius. ...

Schilling, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Schilling, Johannes yōhänˈəs shĭlˈĭng [key], 1828–1910, German sculptor. He is represented by many monuments in Germany, including the colossal Germania (1883), a national monument in the Nie...

Bocheru

(Encyclopedia)Bocheru bŏkˈəro͞o [key], in the Bible, descendant of Saul. Perhaps the name should be translated “first-born”; see Becher (1.) ...

Damrosch, Walter Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Damrosch, Walter Johannes, 1862–1950, German-American conductor and composer; son of Leopold Damrosch. At his father's death in 1885, he finished the season as conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, N...