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81Klebs, Edwin — ▪ German physician and bacteriologist born Feb. 6, 1834, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia] died Oct. 23, 1913, Bern, Switz. German physician and bacteriologist noted for his work on the bacterial theory of infection. With… …
82Körner, Wilhelm — ▪ German chemist born April 20, 1839, Kassel, Hesse Kassel [Germany] died March 28, 1925, Milan, Italy German organic chemist who in 1874 showed how to determine the relative positions of two substituents, such as methyl, on the benzene… …
83Külpe, Oswald — ▪ German psychologist and philosopher born August 3, 1862, Kandau, Courland, Russian Empire [now Kandava, Latvia] died December 30, 1915, Munich, Germany German psychologist and philosopher regarded as the guiding force behind the… …
84Linde, Carl von — ▪ German engineer born June 11, 1842, Berndorf, Bavaria [Germany] died Nov. 16, 1934, Munich, Ger. German engineer whose invention of a continuous process of liquefying gases in large quantities formed a basis for the modern technology of… …
85Sommerfeld, Arnold — ▪ German physicist born Dec. 5, 1868, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia] died April 26, 1951, Munich German physicist whose atomic (atom) model permitted the explanation of fine structure spectral lines. After studying… …
86Spangenberg, August Gottlieb — ▪ German bishop born July 15, 1704, Klettenberg Hohenstein, Saxony died Sept. 18, 1792, Berthelsdorf German bishop of the Unitas Fratrum, successor to its leader, Nikolaus Ludwig, graf von Zinzendorf (Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf… …
87Stein, Edith — ▪ German nun original name of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross , Latin, Sancta Teresia Benedicta a Cruce born Oct. 12, 1891, Breslau, Ger. [now Wrocław, Pol.] died Aug. 9/10, 1942, Auschwitz, Pol. Roman Catholic convert from Judaism,… …
88Steinberg, William — ▪ German American conductor original name Hans Wilhelm Steinberg born Aug. 1, 1899, Cologne, Ger. died May 16, 1978, New York, N.Y., U.S. German born American conductor who directed the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1952 to 1976.… …
89Vogel, Hermann Karl — ▪ German astronomer born April 3, 1842, Leipzig died Aug. 13, 1907, Potsdam, Ger. German astronomer who discovered spectroscopic binaries double star systems that are too close for the individual stars to be discerned by any telescope but,… …
90Willstätter, Richard — ▪ German chemist born Aug. 13, 1872, Karlsruhe, Ger. died Aug. 3, 1942, Locarno, Switz. German chemist whose study of the structure of chlorophyll and other plant pigments won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Willstätter… …
