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41Fischer, Emil — ▪ German chemist Introduction in full Emil Hermann Fischer born Oct. 9, 1852, Euskirchen, Prussia [Ger.] died July 15, 1919, Berlin, Ger. German chemist who was awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of his investigations of …
42Eckermann, Johann Peter — ▪ German writer born Sept. 21, 1792, Winsen, Hanover [now in Germany] died Dec. 3, 1854, Weimar, Prussia [now in Germany] German writer, chiefly remembered as the assistant and close associate of the aging author J.W. von Goethe (Goethe, Johann… …
43Heckmann, Otto — ▪ German astronomer in full Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann born June 23, 1901, Opladen, Germany died May 13, 1983, ? German astronomer noted for his work in measuring stellar positions and for his studies of relativity and cosmology. He… …
44Kolbe, Hermann — ▪ German chemist in full Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe born Sept. 27, 1818, Elliehausen, near Göttingen, Hanover [Ger.] died Nov. 25, 1884, Leipzig, Ger. German chemist who accomplished the first generally accepted synthesis of an organic… …
45Schiller, Friedrich von — ▪ German writer Introduction in full Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller born Nov. 10, 1759, Marbach, Württemberg died May 9, 1805, Weimar, Saxe Weimar leading German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist, best remembered for such dramas… …
46Sachs, (Ferdinand Gustav) Julius von — ▪ German botanist born Oct. 2, 1832, Breslau, Ger. [now Wrocław, Pol.] died May 29, 1897, Würzburg, Ger. German botanist whose experimental study of nutrition, tropism, and transpiration of water greatly advanced the knowledge of plant… …
47Köppen, Wladimir — ▪ German climatologist born Sept. 25, 1846, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire died June 22, 1940, Graz, Austria German meteorologist and climatologist best known for his delineation and mapping of the climatic regions of the world. He played a …
48Gneist, Rudolf von — ▪ German jurist born August 13, 1816, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany] died July 22, 1895, Berlin liberal German jurist, legal reformer, legislator, and political theoretician whose teachings and publications, based on studies of the English… …
49Marggraf, Andreas Sigismund — ▪ German chemist born March 3, 1709, Berlin, Prussia [Germany] died Aug. 7, 1782, Berlin German chemist whose discovery of beet sugar in 1747 led to the development of the modern sugar industry. Marggraf served as assistant (1735–38) to… …
50Oberth, Hermann — ▪ German scientist born June 25, 1894, Nagyszeben, Austria Hungary [now Sibiu, Rom.] died Dec. 29, 1989, Nürnberg, W.Ger. German scientist who is considered to be one of the founders of modern astronautics. The son of a prosperous… …
