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Boumann, Johann A.

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Boumann, Johann A. (1704–76). Amsterdam-born architect whose Rathaus (Town Hall), 2 Am Alten Markt, Potsdam (1753), was based on Palladio's unrealized Palazzo Angarano. He worked with Büring on St Hedwig's RC Cathedral, Berlin (1770–3). His son, Michael Daniel Philipp (d.1805), executed Unger's design for the Royal Library, Forum Fridericianum, Berlin (1774–80), and also designed Schloss Bellevue, Berlin (1785), in the Neo-Classical style.

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Johann Hedwig

Johann Hedwig , 1730-99, German botanist, b. Transylvania. He was an authority on the lower plants, especially mosses, and was professor at the Univ. of Leipzig from 1786. The moss genus Hedwigia is named for him.

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Büring, Johann Gottfried

Büring, Johann Gottfried (1723–after 1788). Hamburg-born architect, responsible for the Neues Palais (New Palace—1763–8), with a main elevation based on Vanbrugh's Castle Howard, Yorks.; the Chinese Tea House (1754–7); and No. 5, Am Neuen Markt (1753–5), based on Palladio's Palazzo Thiene, Vicenza, all in Potsdam. He also worked with Boumann on the building of St Hedwig's RC Cathedral, Berlin (1772–3), and designed the exquisite picture-gallery at Sans Souci, Potsdam (1755–63), one of the first in the history of museums erected solely to exhibit paintings.

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	RACHFAL.(Obit) Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 3/7/2005; 439 words ; ...late Stanley J. Rachfal. Born July 28, 1926, in Bassersdorf, Switzerland, she was the daughter of the late Johann and Hedwig (Wild) Morf. She was a secretary at Family and Counseling Services in Easton for many years before retiring...
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	Golden griffins and wise ring-bearers Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/2/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...himself all the time. Hagrid is also an old English word. Hedwig was a saint, a mediaeval saint." Dumbledore derives from...literary movement whose principal exponent was the legendary Johann von Goethe. Remus Lupin, a Hogwarts master who is a werewolf...
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