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71Eichler, August Wilhelm — ▪ German botanist born April 22, 1839, Neukirchen, Hesse, Ger. died March 2, 1887, Berlin German botanist who developed one of the first widely used natural systems of plant classification. Eichler studied mathematics and natural… …
72Encke, Johann Franz — ▪ German astronomer born Sept. 23, 1791, Hamburg died Aug. 26, 1865, Spandau, Ger. German astronomer who in 1819 established the period of the comet now known by his name (see Encke s Comet). Encke was educated at Hamburg and the… …
73Fittig, Rudolf — ▪ German chemist born Dec. 6, 1835, Hamburg [Germany] died Nov. 19, 1910, Strassburg, Ger. [now Strasbourg, France] German organic chemist who contributed vigorously to the flowering of structural organic chemistry during the late 19th… …
74Fresenius, Carl Remigius — ▪ German chemist born Dec. 28, 1818, Frankfurt am Main died June 11, 1897, Wiesbaden, Prussia German analytical chemist whose textbooks on qualitative analysis (1841) and quantitative analysis (1846) became standard works. They passed through… …
75Frobenius, Georg — ▪ German mathematician in full Ferdinand Georg Frobenius born October 26, 1849, Berlin, Prussia [Germany] died August 3, 1917, Berlin German mathematician who made major contributions to group theory. Frobenius studied for one year …
76Furtwängler, Wilhelm — ▪ German conductor in full Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler born Jan. 25, 1886, Berlin, Ger. died Nov. 30, 1954, near Baden Baden, W.Ger. German conductor, one of the great exponents of Romantic music. Known for his passionate …
77Galle, Johann Gottfried — ▪ German astronomer born June 9, 1812, near Gräfenhainichen, Prussian Saxony died July 10, 1910, Potsdam, Ger. German astronomer who on Sept. 23, 1846, was the first to observe the planet Neptune. Galle joined the staff of the Berlin… …
78Graebe, Carl — ▪ German chemist born Feb. 24, 1841, Frankfurt am Main [Germany] died Jan. 19, 1927, Frankfurt am Main, Ger. German organic chemist who, assisted by Carl Liebermann, synthesized (1868) the orange red dye alizarin, which quickly supplanted… …
79Graebner, Fritz — ▪ German ethnologist in full Robert Fritz Graebner born March 4, 1877, Berlin, Ger. died July 13, 1934, Berlin German ethnologist who advanced the theory of the Kulturkreise (Kulturkreis), or culture complex, which postulated diffusions… …
80Hertz, Gustav — ▪ German physicist in full Gustav Ludwig Hertz born July 22, 1887, Hamburg, Ger. died Oct. 30, 1975, Berlin, E.Ger. German physicist who, with James Franck (Franck, James), received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1925 for the Franck Hertz… …
