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Reinach, Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Reinach, Joseph zhôzĕfˈ rĕnäkˈ [key], 1856–1921, French publicist and lawyer. An associate of Léon Gambetta, he waged (1889) a campaign against General Boulanger in the journal République fr...

Hergesheimer, Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Hergesheimer, Joseph hûrˈgəshīˈmər [key], 1880–1954, American novelist, b. Philadelphia. He first achieved literary distinction with the publication of The Three Black Pennys (1917). This nove...

Warton, Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Warton, Joseph, 1722–1800, English critic and poet, brother of Thomas Warton. Educated at Winchester and Oxford, he took holy orders in 1744 and served several cures. He spent an unsuccessful tenure...

Frisch, Karl von

(Encyclopedia)Frisch, Karl von frĭsh [key], 1887–1982, Austrian zoologist, b. Vienna, Austria. He studied zoology with Richard von Hertwig, whom he later succeeded as professor of zoology at Munich Univ. For his...

Aue, Hartmann von

(Encyclopedia)Aue, Hartmann von: see Hartmann von Aue. ...

Saaz, Johannes von

(Encyclopedia)Saaz, Johannes von: see Johannes von Saaz. ...

Tepl, Johannes von

(Encyclopedia)Tepl, Johannes von: see Johannes von Saaz. ...

Götz von Berlichingen

(Encyclopedia)Götz von Berlichingen: see Berlichingen, Götz von. ...

Eschenbach, Wolfram von

(Encyclopedia)Eschenbach, Wolfram von: see Wolfram von Eschenbach. ...

Ouwe, Hartmann von

(Encyclopedia)Ouwe, Hartmann von: see Hartmann von Aue. ...