his fluency in german
1German language — German Deutsch Pronunciation [ˈdɔʏtʃ] Spoken in Primarily in German speaking Europe, as a minority language and amongst the German diaspora worldwide …
2Pius XII — (Eugenio Pacelli) 1876 1958, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1939 58. * * * orig. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli born March 2, 1876, Rome, Italy died Oct. 9, 1958, Castel Gandolfo Pope (1939–58). Before succeeding Pius XI in 1939, he served… …
3Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy — Esterhazy as caricatured by Jean Baptiste Guth in Vanity Fair, May 1898 …
4Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr. — This article is about the lead investigator in the Lindbergh kidnapping. For the article about Gulf War general, see Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Official portrait of Col. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (Badge #1), 1st Superintendent of the New Jersey… …
5John Breynton — Infobox Person name = Reverend Dr John Breynton image size = caption = birth name = birth date = BEF 13 April 1719 birth place = Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, Wales death date = death date and age|1799|07|15|1719|04|13 death place = Edgware Road,… …
6Charles Wheeler (journalist) — Sir Charles Wheeler, CMG Born Selwyn Charles Cornelius Wheeler 15 March 1923(1923 03 15) Bremen, Germany Died 4 July 2008(2008 07 04) (aged 85) London …
7literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
8Jasper Rootham — Jasper St John Rootham (21 November 1910 August 1990), was a civil servant, soldier, central banker, merchant banker, writer and poet.BiographyJasper Rootham was born on 21 November, 1910 in Cambridge, UK.Childhood and adolescenceRootham was an… …
9Xenoglossy — (from Greek ξενογλωσσία xenoglossia , from ξένος xenos , foreign + γλώσσα glossa , tongue, language ) is the putative paranormal phenomenon in which a person is able to speak a language that he or she could not have acquired by natural means. For …
10Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
