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61Löffler, Friedrich August Johannes — ▪ German bacteriologist born June 24, 1852, Frankfurt an der Oder, Prussia [Germany] died April 9, 1915, Berlin German bacteriologist who, with Edwin Klebs (Klebs, Edwin), in 1884 discovered the organism that causes diphtheria,… …
62Raff, Joachim — ▪ German composer in full Joseph Joachim Raff born May 27, 1822, Lachen, near Zürich, Switz. died June 24/25, 1882, Frankfurt am Main, Ger. German composer and teacher, greatly celebrated in his lifetime but nearly forgotten in the late… …
63Sakmann, Bert — ▪ German physiologist born June 12, 1942, Stuttgart, Ger. German medical doctor and research scientist who in 1991, together with German physicist Erwin Neher (Neher, Erwin), won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for research into… …
64Schleiermacher, Friedrich — ▪ German theologian Introduction born Nov. 21, 1768, Breslau, Silesia died Feb. 12, 1834, Berlin German theologian (theology), preacher, and classical philologist, generally recognized as the founder of modern Protestant (Protestantism) theology …
65Schubart, Christian Friedrich Daniel — ▪ German poet born March 24, 1739, Obersontheim, Swabia died Oct. 10, 1791, Stuttgart, Württemberg German poet of the Sturm und Drang period, known for his pietistic and nationalistic leanings. He entered the University of Erlangen in …
66Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp — ▪ German Hungarian physician GermanHungarian Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis born July 1, 1818, Buda, Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Budapest, Hung.] died August 13, 1865, Vienna, Austria German Hungarian physician who discovered the cause of… …
67Weismann, August (Friedrich Leopold) — ▪ German biologist born Jan. 17, 1834, Frankfurt am Main died Nov. 5, 1914, Freiburg im Breisgau, Ger. German biologist and one of the founders of the science of genetics, who is best known for his opposition to the doctrine of the… …
68Behring, Emil von — ▪ German bacteriologist in full Emil Adolf von Behring born March 15, 1854, Hansdorf, West Prussia [now Jankowa Żagańska, Pol.] died March 31, 1917, Marburg, Ger. German bacteriologist who was one of the founders of immunology. In 1901 he… …
69Benfey, Theodor — ▪ German scholar born Jan. 28, 1809, Nörten, near Göttingen, Hanover [Germany] died June 26, 1881, Göttingen, Ger. German scholar of Sanskrit (Sanskrit language) and comparative linguistics whose works, particularly his edition of the… …
70Döbereiner, Johann Wolfgang — ▪ German chemist born Dec. 13, 1780, Hof an der Saale [Germany] died March 24, 1849, Jena German chemist whose observation of similarities among certain elements anticipated the development of the periodic system of elements. As a… …
