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Ernst Mayr Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr The German-born American evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr (born 1904) helped lead the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory. Mayr made major contributions to ornithology, evolutionary theory and the history and philosophy of biology. He is best known for his work on speciation Read more
Simon Mayr Simon Mayr
MAYR (MARIUS), SIMON (b Gunzenhausen, Germany, 20 January 1573; d. Ansbach, Germany, 26 December 1624) astronomy. Mayr was the first to mention in print the nebula in Andromeda, to publish tables of the mean periodic motions of the four satellites of Jupiter then known, to direct attention to the... Read more
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Johann Friedrich Struensee Johann Friedrich Struensee
Johann Friedrich Struensee , 1737-72, Danish politician, b. Germany. As physician to Christian VII he gained complete mastery over the insane king and became the favorite of the young queen, Caroline Matilda. With her support he became (1771) minister of state, was created a count, and suppressed... Read more
Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Hundertwasser Austrian born visionary painter and spiritual ecologist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Friedrich Stowasser; born 1928) consistently worked with spiral motifs, primitive forms, spectral colors, and repetitive patterns. Although influenced by other Viennese artists,... Read more
Christian Friedrich Hebbel Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Christian Friedrich Hebbel , 1813-63, German tragic dramatist. Born poor, he was largely self-educated. Hegel's historical theories influenced his work, which is a link between romantic and realist drama. Hebbel's first play, Judith (1840, tr. 1914), introduced a new type of tragic character,... Read more
Christian Friedrich Schonbein Christian Friedrich Schonbein
SCHöNBEIN, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH(b. Metzingen, Swabia [now West Germany], 18 October 1799; d. Sauersberg, near Baden-Baden, Germany, 29 August 1868)physical chemistry.His family’ financial condition would not permit any advanced schooling, and at the age of fourteen Schoönbein became an apprentice in... Read more
Christian Konrad Sprengel Christian Konrad Sprengel
SPRENGEL, CHRISTIAN KONRAD(b. Brandenburg, Germany, 22 September 1750; d. Berlin, Germany, 7 April 1816)botany.Sprengel was the last child of Ernst Victor Sprengel (1686–1759), Archdeacon of St. Gotthardt-Gemeinde, and his second wife, Dorothea Gnadenreich Schaeffer (d. 1778); and he was the... Read more

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