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81Rosalind Mitchison — Rosalind Mary Mitchison (11 April 1919 ndash;19 September 2002) was a historian of Scotland who specialised in social history.Rosalind Mary Wrong was born in Manchester. Her father, Edwin Wrong, and his father, George Wrong, were both historians …
82Selfish Brain Theory — The “Selfish Brain” theory describes the characteristic of the human brain to cover its own, comparably high energy requirements with the utmost of priorities when regulating energy fluxes in the organism. The brain behaves selfishly in this… …
83Alfred W. Anthony — For the cricketer of the same name see Alfred Anthony (cricketer)Alfred W. Anthony (1860 1839) was an author and religion professor at Bates College.Anthony was born in Providence, Rhode Island on January 13, 1860 to Lewis Williams and Britannia… …
84Martin Gropius — Martin Carl Philipp Gropius (August 11, 1824, Berlin December 13, 1880) was a German architect. Second Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 1882–84 Contents 1 Life …
85Jeanne Hersch — (Geneva 1910 Geneva 5 June 2000) was a Swiss philosopher, whose works dealt with the concept of freedom.She studied under the existentialist Karl Jaspers in Germany in the early 1930s. In 1956, she was appointed to a professorship at the… …
86Buber, Martin — born Feb. 8, 1878, Vienna, Austria Hungary died June 13, 1965, Jerusalem German Jewish religious philosopher and biblical translator. Brought up in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine), he studied in Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, and Zürich. Friedrich… …
87Bohr, Niels — ▪ Danish physicist Introduction in full Niels Henrik David Bohr born Oct. 7, 1885, Copenhagen, Den. died Nov. 18, 1962, Copenhagen Danish physicist who was the first to apply the quantum theory, which restricts the energy of a system to… …
88Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo — ▪ Argentine sculptor and architect born November 26, 1931, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentine sculptor and architect, who became a champion of human rights and nonviolent reform in Latin America. His work as secretary general of Peace and… …
89Claude Maltret — Claude Maltret † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Claude Maltret (Or MALTRAIT) French Jesuit, b. at Puy, 3 Oct., 1621; d. Toulouse, 3 Jan., 1674. He entered the Society of Jesus, 12 Oct., 1637. On the completion of his studies, he was… …
90Christian Frederick Matthaei — (1744, Mücheln – 1811), a Thuringian, palaeographer, classical philolog, professor first at Wittenberg and then at Moscow. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 Further re …
