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  • 41HESS, MICHAEL — (1782–1860), German educator. He was sent by his father, Rabbi Isaac Hess Kugelmann, to the yeshivah in Fuerth and later moved to Frankfurt o. M., where he was appointed as tutor to the son of Meyer amschel rothschild in 1804. At the age of 24 he …

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  • 42Hess, (Walter Richard)Rudolf — Hess (hĕs), (Walter Richard) Rudolf. 1894 1987. German Nazi leader. When Hitler became chancellor (1933), he named Hess as deputy führer and later (1939) as second in succession to the Nazi leadership. In May 1941 Hess was captured in Scotland,… …

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  • 43Hess./Preuß. Radmühl — Hess./Preuß.Radmühl Gemeinde Freiensteinau Koordinaten …

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  • 44hess|ite — «HEHS yt», noun. telluride of silver, a rare mineral, usually occurring in gray, sectile masses. One variety also contains some gold. Formula: Ag2Te ╂[< G. H. Hess, 1802 1850, a Swiss chemist + English ite1] …

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  • 45HESS, MENDEL — (1807–1871), German rabbi. Born at Lengsfeld (Stadtlengsfeld), Saxe Weimar, he was one of the first German rabbis to have a university education. In 1827 he was appointed chief rabbi of the grand duchy of Saxe Weimar, residing first at Lengsfeld… …

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  • 46HESS, DAME MYRA — (1890–1956), British pianist. Hess made her debut in Beethoven s Fourth Piano Concerto with Sir Thomas Beecham in 1907, and subsequently toured Europe, the U.S., and Canada. She gained fame especially in performances of Scarlatti, Bach s Well… …

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  • 47Hess,Walter Rudolf — Hess, Walter Rudolf. 1881 1973. Swiss physiologist. He shared a 1949 Nobel Prize for his research on the brain s control of the body. * * * …

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  • 48Hess Corporation — Infobox Company company name = Hess Corporation company company type = Public (nyse|HES) company slogan = foundation = 1919 location = New York City and Woodbridge, New Jersey key people = industry = Oil and Gasoline num employees = 11,610 [cite… …

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  • 49Hess (crater) — lunar crater data latitude=54.3 N or S=S longitude=174.6 E or W=E diameter=88 km depth= Unknown colong=188 eponym=Victor F. Hess Harry H. HessHess is a lunar crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The crater rim… …

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  • 50Hess, Rudolf — ▪ German Nazi leader born April 26, 1894, Alexandria, Egypt died Aug. 17, 1987, West Berlin [Germany]  German National Socialist who was Adolf Hitler s (Hitler, Adolf) deputy as party leader. He created an international sensation when in 1941 he… …

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