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Brand Whitlock
Brand Whitlock 1869-1934, American author and diplomat, b. Urbana, Ohio. After working as a reporter and practicing law, he became reform mayor of Toledo (1905-13). Meanwhile he wrote realistic novels chiefly concerned with politics, among them The Thirteenth District (1902) and The Turn of the ... Read more
Sir John Henry Brand
Sir John Henry Brand or Jan Hendrik Brand , 1823-88, South African politician, president of the Orange Free State, b. Capetown. He was called to the English bar in 1849 and practiced law in South Africa. In 1863 he was elected president of the struggling Orange Free State and immediately made wa... Read more
Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell , 1865-1915, English nurse. When World War I broke out, she was head of the nursing staff of the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels. In 1915 she was arrested by the German occupation authorities and pleaded guilty to a charge of harboring and aiding Allied prisoners and assisting ... Read more
Jens Johannes Jørgensen
Jens Johannes Jørgensen , 1866-1956, Danish poet and religious writer. He reacted against the naturalism of Georg Brandes and, in such works as Poems (1898), turned to symbolism and emotion. Jørgensen's conversion (1896) to Roman Catholicism is described in his autobiography (7 vol.,... Read more
Alexander Lange Kielland
Alexander Lange Kielland , 1849-1906, Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. Two early volumes of short stories— Tales of Two Countries (1879, tr. 1891) and Norse Tales and Sketches (1897)—placed him among the important realists. His witty and ironic novels, written w... Read more
cowboys
cowboys in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. Their opposite numbers, who favored the Revolutionary cause and who operated in the same territory at the same period, were called sk... Read more
Duane Hanson
Duane Hanson 1925-96, American sculptor, b. Alexandria, Minn. A member of the superrealist movement of the late 1960s and early 70s, Hanson produced life-sized tableaux of realistic figures and props. In the 1960s these frequently depicted violent, politically charged events, such as in Vietnam Sc... Read more
Lucan
Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) , AD 39-AD 65, Latin poet, b. Córdoba, Spain, nephew of the philosopher Seneca. At first in Nero's favor, he was later forced to kill himself when his part in a plot against the emperor was discovered. Ten books of his epic Bellum Civile (on the civil war be... Read more
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux , 1688-1763, French dramatist and novelist. He enjoyed popularity for a time with his numerous comedies, including Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (1730, tr. Love in Livery ) and Le Legs (1736, tr. The Legacy, 1915), which analyze the sentiments and compl... Read more
James Nayler
James Nayler 1617?-1660, English Quaker leader. He served in the parliamentary army during the English civil war. In 1651 he became a Quaker and a disciple of George Fox, but gradually gathered a band of followers about himself. In 1656 he rode into Bristol, his followers crying "Holy, holy, holy... Read more

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Georg Brandes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Georg Brandes Georg Brandes (1842-1927) was an influential Danish literary critic whose interpretations...thought. According to Neil Christian Pages in Scandinavian Studies, "Brandes was without exaggeration the most influential European literary critic...
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Georg Morris Cohen Brandes , 1842-1927, Danish literary critic...reaction. An opponent of romanticism, Brandes helped direct the Scandinavian literatures...was discontinued after three years. Brandes spent some time in Berlin, where he...
Brandes, Johann Christian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Brandes, Johann Christian, see MONODRAMA .
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...more closely than intended, the demand of the Dane George Brandes that literature "take up problems for discussion." His novels...into English. Works about Bj ø rnson include Georg Brandes's excellent book, Henrik Ibsen, Bj ø rnstjerne...
Gjellerup, Karl Adolph
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Gjellerup became drawn toward the ideas of Danish critic and scholar Georg Brandes, who lectured at the University of Copenhagen intermittently between 1871 and 1883. Brandes was a principal leader of the naturalistic movement in Scandinavian literature...
Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...In 1910 Paul Heyse received the Nobel Prize for literature. He died in Munich on April 2, 1914. Further Reading Georg Brandes's essay "Paul Heyse, " reprinted in his Creative Spirits of the Nineteenth Century, translated by Rasmus B. Anderson...
Lev Shestov
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...he survived and was able to emigrate with his family to Paris early in 1920. In his first book, Shakespeare and his Critic Brandes (published in Russian in 1898), Shestov desperately attempted to find meaning and purpose in all human tragedies. In The...
August Strindberg
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...intellectual interests then: Jean Jacques Rousseau, S ø ren Kierkegaard, Henrik Ibsen, the Danish literary reformer George Brandes, and the English historian Henry Buckle. During these years Strindberg led an unruly life with a circle of young bohemians...
Danish literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the first Danish realist, the actual breakthrough to realism was inspired by the internationally influential critic Georg Brandes and was reflected in the novels of J. P. Jacobsen , H. J. Bang, Karl Gjellerup , and Hendrik Pontoppidan and in the early...
Alexander Lange Kielland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...reform, include Skipper Worse (1881, tr. 1885) and Poison (1883). In 1885 he was recommended for a state author's stipend, but the majority of Parliament rejected the idea. His writing was greatly influenced by George Brandes .

Dictionary entries related to "Brandes,"

Brandes, Heinrich Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Brandes, Heinrich Wilhelm ( b . Groden, near...of a Protestant preacher, Albert Georg Brandes, Heinrich attended the grammar school...physics at Leipzig in 1826. As a student Brandes, with J. F. Benzenberg, developed the...
Benzenberg, Johann Friedrich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...in which his collaborator was H. W. Brandes, was encouraged by the physicists A...xE4; stner and Georg Lichtenberg. With Brandes, he made the first simultaneous observations...Hamburg, 1800), written with H. W. Brandes; Ü ber die Bestmmung der geographischen...
Dove, Heinrich Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...seas influenced heat distribution. H. W. Brandes emphasized that not only climate but other variables...In Breslau, Dove studied meteorology with Brandes, and after thorough study of Brandes ’ meteorological data he formulated...
Engelmann, Theodor Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...daughter, Marie. Following her early death he married Emma Vick, a well-known pianist whose professional name was Emma Brandes. Engelmann became associate professor of general biology and histology at Utrecht in 1871. In 1888 he was Donders ’...
Nielsen, Asta
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Engeleins Hochzeit (Gad); Die ewige Nacht (Gad); Aschenbrödel (Gad); Weisse Rosen (Gad) 1916 Dora Brandes (Stifter); Das liebes A.B.C. (Stifter) 1917 Das Waisenhauskind (Schmidthassler); Die Rose der Wildnes (Schmidthassler...
Excess Profits Tax
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...on terrorism" that the U.S. government launched after the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States. BIBLIOGRAPHY Brandes, Stuart D. Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. Lent, George...
Profiteering
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and private efforts to control profiteering have encompassed a wide range of techniques, with limited success. BIBLIOGRAPHY Brandes, Stuart D. Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. The Industrial...
Brande, William Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Arlington Street, London (Friedrich Accum, one of the pioneers of coal-gas lighting, became his assistant in 1793). The Brandes were apothecaries to George III, and operated shops in both London and Hannover. His family moved to Chiswick when he was...
Muncke, Georg Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...System der atomistischen Physik (1809) and Handbuch der Naturlehre (1829 – 1830). Muncke also collaborated with Brandes, Gmelin, Horner, Pfaff, and Littrow in preparing the edition of Johann Gehler ’ s Physikalisches W ö...
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...in 1778 he was named full professor of medicine. Through his marriage in 1778 Blumenbach became the son-in-law of Georg Brandes, who held an influential position in the administration of the University of Giottingen, and a brother-in-law of Christian...

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Brandes Acquisition Continues Tradition of 59-Year-Old Metal-Stamping Press Company
PR Newswire; 7/7/1997; 700+ words ; ...PRNewswire/ -- The following was released by the Brandes Press Company: The commitment to quality long associated with Brandes presses will continue because of the early July acquisition of Brandes engineering assets and trade name from Earl Brandes...
Brandes Proposal Rejected by Scottish Re.
PR Newswire; 1/19/2007; 700+ words ; SAN DIEGO, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") said today it had reviewed the terms of...Investment Transaction, on January 11, 2006, Brandes, on behalf of its clients who own approximately...
Brandes Investment Partners Opens Two Mutual Funds.
PR Newswire; 12/29/2008; 700+ words ; Brandes opens the Institutional International Equity Fund and the Brandes Institutional Global Equity Fund SAN DIEGO, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") announced today the availability of two mutual...
Brandes Proposes 15 Billion Yen Share Buyback Program for Rohm Company Limited Annual Meeting.
PR Newswire; 4/30/2009; 700+ words ; SAN DIEGO, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") announced today that, on April 30th...behalf of its investment advisory clients, Brandes currently holds in excess of 5.5% of the...
Brandes' View On Recent Events Following Submission of its Shareholder Proposal To Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
PR Newswire; 5/23/2007; 700+ words ; SAN DIEGO, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") publicly disclosed on April 8, 2007 that...held on June 28, 2007, and rejection of the Brandes' Proposal by such Meeting". Brandes commends...
Brandes Comments on British Energy Situation Post-Settlement Between Creditors and Polygon.
PR Newswire; 10/6/2004; 700+ words ; SAN DIEGO, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandes Investment Partners LLC ("Brandes") has reviewed recent developments relating to...Polygon Investment Partners LLP ("Polygon"). Brandes acts as fund manager for clients who in aggregate...
Brandes Withdraws Proposal for 130 Yen Per Share Dividend and 10 Million Share Buyback Program for Ono Pharmaceutical Annual Meeting.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 5/26/2008; 700+ words ; Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ( Brandes ) announces that, on May 13th, 2008, it submitted a letter...8th, 2008. On behalf of its investment advisory clients, Brandes currently holds in excess of 7.0% of the Company's shares...
BRANDES WITHDRAWS ONO PROPOSAL FOR 130 YEN PER SHARE DIVIDEND.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/15/2008; 700+ words ; ...Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR30257 Brandes Withdraws Proposal for 130 Yen Per Share Dividend...California May 15 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") announces that, on May 13th, 2008, it...
Brandes Proposes 40 yen Per Share Dividend for Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. Annual Meeting.
PR Newswire; 5/8/2009; 700+ words ; SAN DIEGO, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") today announced that, as of April 20th...On behalf of its investment advisory clients, Brandes currently holds in excess of 8.0% of the Company...
BRANDES PROPOSES 40 YEN/SHARE DIVIDEND FOR MITSUI S'TOMO INSURER.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/8/2009; 700+ words ; ...text of statement. Contact details below.) Brandes Proposes 40 yen Per Share Dividend for Mitsui...DIEGO, May 8 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") today announced that, as of April 20th...