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121Hauptmann, Moritz — born Oct. 13, 1792, Dresden, Saxony died Jan. 3, 1868, Leipzig German musicologist. After studying composition and violin with Louis Spohr, he played in a number of orchestras. From 1842 he was cantor of the music school at J.S. Bach s former… …
122Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig — born Aug. 11, 1778, Lanz, Brandenburg, Prussia died Oct. 15, 1852, Freyburg an der Unstrut, Prussian Saxony German educator who founded the Turnverein (gymnastic club) movement in Germany. As a teacher in Berlin from 1809, he began a program of… …
123Jarrell, Randall — born May 6, 1914, Nashville, Tenn., U.S. died Oct. 14, 1965, Chapel Hill, N.C. U.S. poet and critic. He taught at the University of North Carolina (Greensboro) from 1947 until his death. As a critic, he revitalized the reputations of Robert Frost …
124Joachim, Joseph — born June 28, 1831, Kittsee, near Pressburg, Austria Hungary died Aug. 15, 1907, Berlin, German Empire Austro Hungarian violinist. A prodigy, he began study as a child in Pest, continuing later in Vienna and Leipzig, where he was associated with… …
125Jooss, Kurt — born Jan. 12, 1901, Wasseralfingen, Ger. died May 22, 1979, Heilbronn, W.Ger. German dancer, teacher, and choreographer. After studying dance with Rudolf Laban (1920–24), he established a school and company. He became ballet master at the Essen… …
126MacLeish, Archibald — born May 7, 1892, Glencoe, Ill., U.S. died April 20, 1982, Boston, Mass. U.S. poet, playwright, teacher, and public official. He practiced law before leaving for France in 1923 to perfect his poetic craft. His early poems Ars Poetica (1926) and… …
127Mollet, Guy — born Dec. 31, 1905, Flers de l Orne, France died Oct. 3, 1975, Paris French politician. An English teacher in Arras, he joined the Socialist Party in 1921 and became head of the socialist teachers union in 1939. After serving in World War II, he… …
128Montessori, Maria — born Aug. 31, 1870, Chiaravalle, near Ancona, Italy died May 6, 1952, Noordwijk aan Zee, Neth. Italian educator. Montessori took a degree in medicine (1894) and worked in a clinic for retarded children before going on to teach at the University… …
