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Hermann von Gottschall


Hermann von Gottschall (16 October 1862, Posen – 7 March 1933, Görlitz) was a German chess master, son of the poet Rudolf Gottschall (since 1877: "von Gottschall") who was also a noted chess player. He took 3rd at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd DSB Congress, "Hauptturnier A"), won at Berlin 1883, tied for 13-14th at Hamburg 1885 (the 4th DSB-Congress, Isidor Gunsberg won), tied for 17-18th at Frankfurt 1887 (the 5th DSB
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-Congress, George Henry Mackenzie won), shared 2nd with Jacques Mieses, behind Siegbert Tarrasch, at Nuremberg 1888, and tied for 5-8th at Berlin 1890 (Emanuel Lasker and Berthold Lasker won). Dr. Hermann von Gottschall won at Halle 1892, tied for 8-9th at Dresden 1892 (the 7th DSB-Congress, Tarrasch won), tied for 4-6th at Kiel 1893 (the 8th DSB-Congress, Curt von Bardeleben and Carl Walbrodt won), took 12th at Cologne 1898 (the
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Brockhaussche Blätter für litterarische Unterhaltung" and the monthly periodical "Unsere Zeit". He died at Leipzig. Gottschall was also a noted chess player. The "Deutschen Schachbund" (DSB) was founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877 by athletes and intellectuals such as Adolf Anderssen, Rudolf Gottschall, Hermann Zwanziger, Max Lange and Carl Göring. When the next meeting took place on 15 July 1879 in Leipzig (the 1st DSB Congress), sixty-two clubs had become member of the German Chess Federation (DSB).
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Theodor von Scheve


for 6–8th in 1883 (Hermann von Gottschall won); took 2nd, behind Max Harmonist, and took 8th in 1887 (Paul Klemens Seuffert won); won and took 2nd (Quadrangular) in 1889; twice tied for 3rd- 4th in 1890 and 1891/92 (Horatio Caro won), took 3rd in 1893, won in 1894, shared 1st in 1898/99, and tied for 2nd–3rd in 1899/1900. Scheve drew two matches against Carl August Walbrodt (+4 –4 =2) and Curt von Bardeleben (+4 –4 =
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Berthold Lasker


shared 1st with Siegbert Tarrasch, and took 2nd, behind Curt von Bardeleben, there. In 1883, he tied for 1st-4th and took 4th (playoff) - Hermann von Gottschall won. In 1887, he tied for 5-6th (Max Harmonist won). Tarrasch called Lasker a "very genius player, whose strength rarely accorded due value in a tournament because of his nervousness.“. His best achievement was a tie for 1st place with his brother, Emanuel Lasker, at Berlin 1890. He took 2nd,
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Hofrat von Gottschall became Chairman and Zwanziger the General Secretary. Gottschall's prolific literary productions cover the fields of poetry, novel-writing and literary criticism. Among his volumes of lyric poetry are "Sebastopol" (1856), "Janus" (1873), "Bunte Blüten" (1891). Among his epics, "Carlo Zeno" (1854), "Maja" (1864), dealing with an episode in the Indian Mutiny, and "Merlins Wanderungen" (1887). "Pitt und Fox"
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and historical studies, whose final titles were: "Die deutsche National Litteratur des XIX. Jahrhunderts" (1892) and "Poetik: Die Dichtkunst und ihre Formen" (1858). In 1862 he took over the editorship of a newspaper, but in 1864 moved to Leipzig. Gottschall was raised, in 1877, by the king of Prussia to the hereditary nobility with the prefix "von," having been previously made a "Geheimer Hofrat" by the Grand Duke of Weimar. Down to 1887 Gottschall edited the "
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Rudolf von Gottschall


Rudolf Gottschall (von Gottschall since 1877; 30 September 1823 – 21 March 1909) was a German poet, dramatist, literary critic and literary historian. He was born at Breslau, the son of a Prussian artillery officer. He was educated at the gymnasia in Mainz and Coburg, and subsequently at Rastenburg in East Prussia. In 1841 he entered the University of Königsberg as a law student, but was expelled for his outspoken liberal opinions. The academic authorities at Breslau and Leipzig were equally intolerant towards him, and it was
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11th Amos Burn won), tied for 11-12th at Munich 1900 (the 12th Géza Maróczy, Harry Pillsbury and Carl Schlechter won), tied for 11-12th at Hannover 1902 (the 13th DSB-Congress, Dawid Janowski won), took 13th at Coburg 1904 (the 14th DSB-Congress, Bardeleben, Schlechter and Rudolf Swiderski won), tied for 15-16th at Barmen 1905 (Janowski and Maróczy won), and tied for 14-15th at Düsseldorf 1908 (the 16th DSB-Congress,
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Frank Marshall won). In 1918, he took 3rd in Breslau. After World War I, he took 9th at Breslau 1925 (the 24th DSB-Congress, Efim Bogoljubow won), tied for 7-8th at Hannover 1926 (Aron Nimzowitsch won), and tied for 14-16th at Bautzen 1929. He was the chief editor of the "Deutsche Schachzeitung" and the author of "Kleine Problem-Schule" (Leipzig 1885), "Der sechste Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes. Breslau 1889" (Leipzig
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The "Deutscher Schachbund" (DSB, the German Chess Federation) had been founded in Leipzig on July 18, 1877. When the next meeting took place in the "Schützenhaus", Leipzig on July 15, 1879, sixty-two clubs had become members of the federation. Hofrat Dr. Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanzig the General Secretary. When foreign players were invited to Berlin in 1881, an important and successful formula was completed. A master tournament was organised every second year, and Germans could partake in
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, and "Verkümmerte Existenzen" (1892), enjoyed a high degree of popularity. His "Die deutsche Nationalliteratur des 18. Jahrhunderts" (1855), and "Poetik" (1858) commanded the respect of all students of literature. Of his many novels, the first, "Im Baune des schwarzen Adlers" (1876), is considered by many critics his best. Gottschall was active as an editor and compiler of anthologies. Gottschall's collected "Dramatische Werke" appeared in 12 vols. in 1880
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only in Berlin that he found himself free to pursue his studies. During this period he issued "Lieder der Gegenwart" (“Songs of the present,” 1842) and "Zensurflüchtlinge" (“Refugees from censoring,” 1843) - the poetical fruits of his political enthusiasm. He completed his studies in Berlin, and took the degree of "doctor juris" in Königsberg. His political views continued to stand in the way of his career, and Gottschall gave up the law to devote himself entirely to literature.
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Elisa von Ahlefeldt


Fanny Lewald and they visited each other. As guests came to her: Rudolf von Auerswald (politician), Therese von Bacheracht (writer), Karl Isidor Beck (poet), Louis Blanc (painter), Edward von Bülow (writer), Peter von Cornelius Johanna Dieffenbach, Katharina Dietz (her friend), Rudolf von Gottschall (writer), Alexander von Humboldt (naturalist), Karl Christoph von Kamptz (Prussian Minister of Justice), Adolf Friedrich von Krummacher (theologian), Gustav Kühne Karoline Lauska, Fanny
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He met with immediate success, and beginning as a dramaturge in Königsberg with "Der Blinde von Alcala" (1846) and "Lord Byron in Italien" (1847), he went on to Hamburg where he occupied a similar position. His political and social sympathies with the revolutionary movement of 1848 were shown in the dramas "Wiener Immortellen" (1848), "Lambertine von Méricourt" (1850), and "Ferdinand von Schill" (1851), as well as in his first collection of poems, "
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Gesammelte Schriften", appeared in 12 vols. (Vienna, 1871-1873); "Dramatischer Nachlass", ed. by F. von Saar (1893); selected works, ed. by E. Homer (4 vols., 1905). See A. Stern, "Bauernfeld, Ein Dichterporträt" (1890), Rudolf von Gottschall, "E. von Bauernfeld" (in "Unsere Zeit", 1890), and E. Homer, "Bauernfeld" (1900). From about 1825 (though he had met
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(1854) was never surpassed by his other lighter dramas, among which may be mentioned "Die Welt des Schwindels" and "Der Spion von Rheinsberg". The tragedies, "Mazeppa", "Catharine Howard", "Amy Robsart" and "Der Gotze von Venedig", were very successful; and the historical novels, "Im Banne des schwarzen Adlers" (1875; 4th ed., 1884), "Die Erbschaft des Blutes" (1881), "Die Tochter Rübezahls" (1889)
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Gedichte" (1850), and in a lyric epic, "Die Göttin, ein hohes Lied vom Weibe" (1853). In 1852 he married Marie, baroness von Seherr-Thoss, and for the next few years lived in Silesia. From this time on, his work became more serene in temper and style. An epic, "Carlo Zeno", was followed by a very successful historical comedy (after the style of Scribe), "Pitt und Fox" (1854), and this by literary
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Type Directors Club


, typographers, graphic designers, other industry professionals, and students. TDC produces a design annual that features award-winning typography. The most recent, "The World's Best Type and Typography", is designed by Leftloft of Milan. Founded in 1946 by some of the industry's leading practitioners, the TDC's earliest membership included Aaron Burns, Will Burtin, Freeman Craw, Louis Dorfsman, Gene Federico, Edward M. Gottschall, Herb Lubalin, Edward Rondthaler, Bradbury Thompson, and Hermann Zapf. With this solid historical
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Hermann von Wissmann (steamship)


Hermann von Wissmann was a German steamer on Lake Nyasa named after the German explorer Hermann von Wissmann who had raised funds for the vessel to be built in 1890 as an anti-slavery gunboat. The attack of the British lake-steamer on "Hermann von Wissmann" while it was on a slipway at Liuli, was the first naval action of World War I. The British disabled the vessel briefly in 1914, then in 1915 completely put the vessel out of action. "Hermann von Wissmann" had a smaller sister vessel,
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Samuel Gottschall


Samuel Gottschall (1800-1898) was an American fraktur artist. Born into a family of teachers, Gottschall was a resident of the Mennonite community of Franconia, Pennsylvania. His father, Jacob Gottschall, was a preacher and bishop as well as a sometime teacher; with his students he produced books of musical notation. Three of Samuel's siblings were educators as well; one, Martin, also produced fraktur. Neither of the two signed his work, and it is difficult to tell the two apart; their paintings have
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Type Directors Club


, Ed Gottschall, Tom Carnase, Bruno Brugnatelli, Martina Flor, Milton Glaser, Hermann Zapf, Eileen Hedy Schultz, Ed Benguiat, Olaf Leu, Martin Solomon, Günter Gerhard Lange, Paula Scher, and Freeman Craw. In 2017, TDC held the "Type Over Time" conference to honor of the club's 70th anniversary in New York. In 2018, TDC hosted another day-long conference "Type Drives Culture." As of 2018, the president of the Type Directors Club is Paul Carlos. Elizabeth Carey
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Reichstag (North German Confederation)


, Hermann Heinrich Becker, Maximilian Franz August von Forckenbeck, Gustav Freytag, Rudolf Gneist, Eduard Lasker, Johannes von Miquel, Gottlieb Planck, Eugen Richter, Eduard von Simson, Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar, Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, Karl Twesten, Hans Victor von Unruh, Franz Leo Benedikt Waldeck, Moritz Wiggers and Julius Wiggers, Ludwig Windthorst, Hermann von Mallinckrodt, Georg von Vincke, Hermann Wagener, and Mayer Carl von Rothschild. In addition there were Generals selected due to their accomplishments in the Austro-Prussian War
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Hermann von Siemens


Hermann von Siemens (9 August 1885 – 13 October 1986) was a German industrialist of the Siemens family. He was the eldest son of Arnold von Siemens who himself was the eldest son of Werner von Siemens, the famous inventor and founder of "Siemens & Halske", later to become the present-day Siemens AG. Hermann's mother Ellen, née von Helmholtz, was a daughter of Werner's close friend Hermann von Helmholtz, after whom his grandson was named. He was the eldest of five children. After
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Hermann von Richthofen


Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen, GCVO (born 20 November 1933 in Breslau) is a German diplomat. He is a great nephew of Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron". He was ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1993, and his name and relation to the Red Baron (see "Richthofen") made him a media favourite. He was later ambassador to the NATO headquarters from 1993 to 1998. Hermann von Richthofen was married and had three children with his wife. Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen was awarded
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Breyer's long-tailed seps


Tetradactylus breyeri, commonly known as Breyer's long-tailed seps or Breyer's whip lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to South Africa. The specific name, "breyeri", is in honor of Dutch naturalist Hermann Gottfried Breyer. "T. breyeri" is found in the south African provinces of Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga. "T. breyeri" is snake-like, with short vestigial legs. There are two toes on each front foot, and
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Hermann von Salza


Hermann von Salza (or Hermann of Salza; c. 1165 – March 20, 1239) was the fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1210 to 1239. A skilled diplomat with ties to the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope, Hermann oversaw the expansion of the military order into Prussia. Hermann von Salza was born to a dynasty of ministeriales of the Thuringian landgraves, probably at Dryburg Castle in Langensalza. With Landgrave Louis III of Thuringia he may have already taken part in the 1189/91 Siege of Acre, where
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Hermann von Mallinckrodt


Hermann von Mallinckrodt (5 February 1821, Minden – 26 May 1874) was a German parliamentarian from the Province of Westphalia. His father, Detmar von Mallinckrodt, was vice-governor at Minden (1818–23) and also at Aachen (1823–29); and was an Evangelical, his highly accomplished and pious mother (née Berhardine von Hartmann) was a Catholic, and the children followed her creed. Hermann von Mallinckrodt attended the gymnasium at Aachen and studied law at Berlin and Bonn. He became auscultator in the district court of
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Hermann von Ihering


Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering (9 October 1850 – 24 February 1930) was a German-Brazilian zoologist. He was the oldest son of Rudolf von Jhering. Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering was born in 1850 in Kiel, Germany, being the oldest son of Rudolf von Jhering. Under the advice of Rudolf Leuckart, Ihering studied medicine at the Giessen, Leipzig, Berlin, and Göttingen universities, working as an assistant at the zoological institute in Göttingen. He concluded his doctoral thesis in Göttingen, with the title "Ueber
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Jonathan Gottschall


review by "The Virginian-Pilot" said "Gottschall assesses and accounts for that powerful narrative attraction in a compelling chronicle of his own...and it is a certifiable knee-slap, three-pipe, blue-moon ripsnorter. The Storytelling Animal was a New York Times Editor's Choice selection and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In his latest book, "The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch" (Penguin 2015), Gottschall describes the three years
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Hermann von Struve


Karl Hermann von Struve (October 3, 1854 – August 12, 1920) was a Baltic German astronomer. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as "German Ottovich Struve" (Герман Оттович Струве) or "German Ottonovich Struve" (Герман Оттонович Струве). Hermann von Struve was a part of the famous group of astronomers from the Struve family, which also included his grandfather Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, father Otto Wilhelm von Struve, brother Ludwig Struve and nephew Otto Struve. Unlike other astronomers of the Struve
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Jonathan Gottschall


Jonathan Gottschall (born September 20, 1972) is an American literary scholar specializing in literature and evolution. He teaches at Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, where he is a distinguished fellow in the English department. He is the author or editor of seven books. He completed graduate work in English at State University of New York at Binghamton, where he worked under David Sloan Wilson. Gottschall was profiled by "The New York Times" and "The Chronicle of Higher Education." His work was featured in an article
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Specific carbohydrate diet


colitis in two years by SCD. Gottschall described the theory of how restricting diet might reduce gut inflammation associated with various medical conditions. Gottschall asserted that the diet could "cure" a number of medical conditions without providing data. Gottschall advocated using SCD to treat Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, cystic fibrosis, chronic diarrhea, and autism. The claims that the SCD is beneficial for children with autism are based on the supposition they have too much harmful bacteria in their gut. These claims are not supported by scientific
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Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg


Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg (HGH) is a state-funded gymnasium (secondary school) located on Rohrbacher Straße 102 in Heidelberg, Germany. Founded in 1835, it is now named Helmholtz-Gymnasium after Hermann von Helmholtz, but from 1927 until 1945 it was known as the Philipp Lenard Schule after Philipp Lenard. As of 2018, it had 891 pupils. In addition to its academic curriculum, it is designated by the German Olympic Sports Confederation as an "Eliteschule des Sports" (Elite Sports School). The school
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Hermann von Fehling


Hermann von Fehling (9 June 1812 – 1 July 1885) was a German chemist, famous as the developer of Fehling's solution used for estimation of sugar. Hermann von Fehling was born in Lübeck. With the intention of taking up pharmacy he entered Heidelberg University about 1835. After graduating he went to Gießen as preparateur to Justus von Liebig, with whom he elucidated the composition of paraldehyde and metaldehyde. In 1839, on Liebig's recommendation, he was appointed to the chair of chemistry in the polytechnic in Stuttgart, a
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Joan B. Gottschall


Joan B. Gottschall (born 1947) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Born in Oak Ridge Tennessee, Gottschall received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1973. She was then in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, until 1976, and again from 1978 to 1982, serving as a staff attorney of the Federal Defender Program in Chicago from 1976 to 1978. She was a staff attorney in
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Hermann von Stengel


Hermann Guido Leopold Freiherr von Stengel (19 July 1837 – 1919) was a Bavarian administrator, a German politician and Finance Minister of the German Empire from 1903 to 1908. He was born in Speyer, Electorate of the Palatinate, on 19 July 1837, and baptized two days later. Hermann was the son of Carl Albert Leopold von Stengel and Julia Magdalena Catharina Franziska von Mayer. After studying law, he entered into the civil service of Bavaria. In 1874, he became government assessor in Würzburg. In 1881 he was
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Hermann V. von Holst


Hermann V. von Holst (1874–1955) was an American architect practicing in Chicago, Illinois, and Boca Raton, Florida, from the 1890s to the 1940s. He is best remembered for agreeing to take on the responsibility of heading up Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural practice when Wright went off to Europe with Mamah Cheney in 1909. Von Holst was born in Freiburg, Germany, on June 17, 1874, the son of the eminent historian Hermann Eduard von Holst and a Hoboken, New Jersey, native, Annie Isabelle Hatt,
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Hermann von Schrötter


Anton Hermann Victor Thomas Schrötter, name sometimes referred to as Hermann Schrötter von Kristelli (5 August 1870 – 6 January 1928) was an Austrian physiologist and physician who was a native of Vienna. He was the son of laryngologist Leopold von Schrötter (1837–1908), and grandson to chemist Anton Schrötter von Kristelli (1802–1875). He studied medicine and natural sciences at the Universities of Vienna and Strasbourg, earning his medical degree in 1894, and during the following year receiving his doctorate of philosophy. Afterwards he worked under Carl Gussenbauer
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Hermann von der Dunk


Hermann Walther von der Dunk (October 9, 1928 Bonn to August 22, 2018 Bilthoven) was a Dutch historian of German origin. Von der Dunk's family fled from Nazi-Germany to the Netherlands in 1937. As his mother was Jewish, his father could not find any work under National Socialist regime. His father found a position at the school of Kees Boeke in Bilthoven. Later, Hermann von der Dunk visited the nearby University of Utrecht. There, he studied history under professor Pieter Geyl and later studied at
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Luise Aston


caused scandals in the local society. In 1839, was given a divorce in Berlin. The couple remarried and divorced a second time in 1844. After her second divorce she lived in Berlin with the poet Rudolf Gottschall, befriended Otto von Corvin and Max Stirner and walked around on the street smoking cigars dressed as a male. She was an atheist, a democrat, and a republican, and she criticized marriage. She also believed in love outside of marriage: as a woman was often forced to marry for money and she
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Salomon Hermann Mosenthal


Salomon Hermann Mosenthal (14 January 1821 in Kassel – 17 February 1877 in Vienna) was a writer, dramatist, and poet of German-Jewish descent who spent much of his life in Austria. He was also known for his opera libretti. His name is also sometimes written as "Hermann Salomon von Mosenthal, Solomon Hermann Mosenthal, or Solomon Hermann von Mosenthal". Mosenthal attended the gymnasium in Kassel and the polytechnic school in Karlsruhe. In 1841 he went to Vienna as a private teacher. In 1846 his dramatized folk
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Hermann von Münster


Hermann von Münster (c. 1330 - March 1392) was a German master glassmaker, native of Münster, in Westphalia, and active in Lorraine. Hermman von Münster is actually the first stained glass artist to be mentioned by the archives of the Cathedral chapter of Saint-Etienne of Metz. On August 29, 1381, master Hermann received an annuity of 22 pounds, to pay for its work on the western large window of the cathedral of Metz. His work was supported by Cardinal William Aigrefeuille, legate of the antipope Clement
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Hermann Balk


IX was feuding with Emperor Frederick II and Hermann von Salza died in Salerno. Dietrich von Grüningen was named Master of Livonia later in 1238, and Balk died at Würzburg in Franconia the next year. The memory of Hermann von Balk's leading role in the conquest and Christianization of the Chełmno Land and as the actual founder of the State of the Teutonic Order was very much alive in West Prussia until the annexation of this area to Poland in 1919. This is evidenced by numerous monuments and in particular artfully designed fountains in West
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Generalfeldmarschall


were designated "Generalfeldmarschall": Paul von Hindenburg, August von Mackensen, Karl von Bülow, Hermann von Eichhorn, and Remus von Woyrsch. Only a single naval officer, Henning von Holtzendorff, was designated Grand Admiral. Not even such well-known German commanders as Erich Ludendorff, Erich von Falkenhayn, or Reinhard Scheer received marshal's batons or Grand Admiral rank. Before World War II Hitler promoted War Minister Werner von Blomberg (20 April 1936) and Aviation Minister Hermann Göring (4 February 1938) to the rank of
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Hermann von Nathusius Medal


The Hermann von Nathusius Medal was endowed in 1928 by the German Society for Animal Breeding (DGfZ) in memory of Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius, an important German breeder. It is awarded, usually annually, to those who have excelled in the area of animal breeding, or in the production branch. [1] The DGFZ was founded in 1905 as a non-profit association which, according to its statutes, should serve society by promoting close cooperation between animal breeding and veterinary medicine, to bring benefit in the areas of
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of Siemens-Schuckert, in 1947 and to Munich in 1949. There they rented the Palais Ludwig Ferdinand from the former Bavarian Royal Family and eventually bought it in 1957. The palace still today continues to house the Siemens headquarters. In 1950, Hermann von Siemens donated his parents' sumptuous residence at Wannsee in Berlin to the Baptist Church which converted it to a hospital. Hermann von Siemens significantly contributed to the company's reconstruction and development after World War II. Himself rather a silent, introverted and technical-oriented person,
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Hermann von Kuhl


Hermann Josef von Kuhl (2 November 1856 – 4 November 1958) was a Prussian military officer, member of the German General Staff, and a "Generalleutnant" during World War I. One of the most competent commanders in the German Army, he retired in 1919 to write a number of critically acclaimed essays on the war. Hermann von Kuhl is one of only five recipients to be distinguished with both the "military class" and "peace class" of the Pour le Mérite, Prussia's and Germany's highest honor.
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Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben


Alexander Hermann Graf von Wartensleben (16 December 1650 in Bad Lippspringe – 26 January 1734 in Berlin) was an officer in the armies of various German states, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts with August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg - due to their heavy taxation, this was also known as the "three great W(oes)" of Prussia (Wartenberg, Wartensleben, Wittgenstein). He was the eldest son of Hermann Hans von Wartensleben and his wife Elisabeth
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VII, who then reorganized the Chapter of Metz. Three years later, on 2 May 1384, the Cathedral chapter negotiated the price of the "GRANT OZ", the western Rose window with Hermann von Munster. Hermann was still working on the windows of the western facade in December 1384. In August 1385, the Cathedral Chapter borrowed 420 pounds to set the work completed. In 1388, Hermann bought a home in Metz, beside the cathedral, where he died in March 1392. Thanks to his fame and to the
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Uster Castle


In 1267 appears "Hermann von Bonstetten", called "von Uster" respetively "Ustra", in a document; in 1268 certified "Ita von Teufen", wife of "Johann von Wetzikon", twice on the Uster castle. In one of the two documents, "Hermann von Bonstetten" is called as a witness. The Bonstetten family held jurisdiction on the court of Nossikon, another locality of the present city of Uster, and partially of Kirchuster. Later, the lords of Bonstetten also acquired legal rights to
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Hermann von Rohden


Hermann von Rohden (21 February 1852, Barmen – 21 February 1916, Haguenau) was a German educator and classical archaeologist known for his analyses of ancient Roman terracotta artifacts. He studied classical philology, art history and archaeology at the Universities of Bonn (1871/72) and Leipzig (1873/74). As a student, he was influenced by archaeologist Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz, philologists Franz Bücheler and Hermann Usener and art historian Anton Springer. Following graduation, with a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute, he embarked on a study
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Hermann von Wissmann (geographer)


Hermann von Wissmann (Born 2 September 1895 in Etzweiler; died 5 September 1979 in Zell am See) was a German-Austrian explorer of Arabia. The son of the African explorer Hermann von Wissmann (with the same name), he studied in geography in Vienna and then made a name for himself with his research work concerning the problem of hill farmers in Ennstal. Between 1931 and 1939 he launched a number of expeditions, accompanied by Daniel van der Meulen (1894–1989) to South Arabia, an area which would become
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Hermann von Siemens


he took special interest in all matters of scientific research and he enhanced it in many ways. In the 1950s and from their new base in Bavaria, S&H started to manufacture computers, semiconductor devices, washing machines, and pacemakers. From 1955 until 1964 Hermann von Siemens also served as president of the scientific Fraunhofer Society. After Ernst von Siemens merged the three "parent companies" Siemens & Hakske, Siemens-Schuckert and Siemens-Reiniger to form the present-day Siemens AG in 1966, Hermann continued to be an ordinary
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Friedrich von Hermann


Friedrich Benedikt Wilhelm von Hermann (5 December 1795 – 23 November 1868) was a German economist and statistician. Friedrich von Hermann was born on 5 December 1795, at Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria. After finishing his primary education he was for some time employed in a draughtsman's office. He then resumed his studies, partly at the gymnasium in his native town, partly at the universities of Erlangen and Würzburg. In 1817 he began working for a private school at Nuremberg, where he remained for four years. After filling an appointment
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Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer


Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (3 September 1801 – 2 April 1869), known as Hermann von Meyer, was a German palaeontologist. He was awarded the 1858 Wollaston medal by the Geological Society of London. He was born at Frankfurt am Main. In 1832, Meyer issued a work entitled "Palaeologica", and in course of time he published a series of memoirs on various fossil organic remains: molluscs, crustaceans, fishes and higher vertebrata, including the Triassic predator "Teratosaurus", the earliest bird "Archaeopteryx lithographica
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Hermann von Salza


the Teutonic Order was founded. He possibly also joined Landgrave Hermann I and the Henneberg count Otto von Botenlauben on the Crusade of 1197 and witnessed the coronation of King Amalric II of Jerusalem. The crusade was aborted upon the death of Emperor Henry VI, whereafter the Teutonic Knights were re-established as a military order under Grand Master Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim to secure the conquered estates of the Holy Land. The precise time of Hermann's entry into the Order is unknown, but he first appears as Grand Master at the coronation
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Reisebriefe von Hermann Raster


"Reisebriefe von Hermann Raster: mit einer Biographie und einem Bildniss des Verfassers" is a biography and collection of travel essays of the German American editor and politician, Hermann Raster published posthumously in 1891. The novel was accredited to its subject and the author of the essays, Hermann Raster, though the introduction and biographer remain unknown. The essays chronicle the life travels and experiences of Raster, who was a Forty-Eighter best known for being Editor-in-Chief of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung and Collector of Internal Revenue
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan


Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, sometimes shortened to Wilhelm Jordan (8 February 1819 in Insterburg in East Prussia, now in Russia – 25 June 1904 in Frankfurt am Main), was a German writer and politician. Jordan was the son of the pastor Charles Augustus Jordan and attended gymnasiums in Gumbinnen and Tilsit. From 1838 he studied theology at the University of Königsberg and became a member of the Corps Littuania. His university friends included the liberals Rudolf von Gottschall and Ferdinand Gregorovius – Jordan and Gregorovius read out the poem of welcome on
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Hermann von Barth


Hermann von Barth (5 June 1845 – 7 December 1876) was a famous German mountaineer. Hermann von Barth was born on 5 June 1845 at Eurasburg Castle. He initially studied law in Munich, where he was affiliated to the Corps Franconia. As a junior lawyer he began in 1868 in Berchtesgaden to explore the still largely unconquered Berchtesgaden Alps. From 1873 he studied natural sciences and, in 1876, deranged by fever, he committed suicide whilst on a research expedition in Africa. He died on 7 December 1876 in São
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Hermann von Nathusius


Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius (9 December 1809 – 29 June 1879) was a German animal breeder. Born in Magdeburg to industrialist Johann Gottlob Nathusius, Hermann von Nathusius studied the natural sciences. He took over Schloss Hundisburg from his father and turned it to agriculture, particularly cattle breeding. He introduced cattle breeds from England to Germany, and worked to promote the study of cattle breeding. He collected a large amount of information on his herds, whose breeding he personally oversaw, and amassed a collection of domesticated animal skeletons; his
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Wilfried Struve


Wilfried Hermann Georg Struve (1914–1992) was a German scientist. He started his career as a fifth-generation astronomer, a direct successor in the famous family line of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, Otto Wilhelm, Hermann, Georg Hermann Struve. He fought for Germany in World War II and after the war changed his field from astronomy to acoustics. Wilfried Struve was born in 1914 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, as the first son of Georg Otto Hermann von Struve and Marie Julie von Mock. He studied astronomy at the University of Heidelberg
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Jacob Hermann Knapp


Jacob Hermann Knapp (March 17, 1832 – April 30, 1911), also known as Hermann Knapp, was a German-American ophthalmologist and otolaryngologist. Knapp was born in Dauborn, Nassau. He earned his medical degree from the University of Giessen in 1854. As a young physician he studied with Franciscus Cornelis Donders in Utrecht, William Bowman in London, Albrecht von Graefe in Berlin and Hermann von Helmholtz in Heidelberg. From 1860 until 1868 he was a professor of ophthalmology at Heidelberg. He emigrated to New York City
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Hermann von Spaun


Hermann Freiherr von Spaun (9 May 1833 – 28 May 1919) was an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from December 1897 to October 1904. Von Spaun was born in 1833 in Vienna the capital of the Austrian Empire as the son of Joseph von Spaun and "Franziska Roner Edle von Ehrenwert". He married "Emma Lobmeyr" on 28 April 1893 in Trieste. The cruiser SMS "Admiral Spaun" was named in his honour.
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Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen


General Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen, born Hermann Thomsen, (10 March 1867 – 5 May 1942) was a German military aviation pioneer, a senior air commander in the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I and a founding father of the German military aviation. Hermann Thomsen was born on 10 March 1867 in Flensburg which had recently been lost by the Kingdom of Denmark and incorporated into Prussia. Lieth-Thomsen joined the Prussian Army in 1887, serving first as a pioneer officer. In January 1908 the German
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Hermann von Keyserling


Hermann Alexander Graf von Keyserling ( – 26 April 1946) was a Baltic German philosopher from the Keyserlingk family. His grandfather Alexander von Keyserling was a notable geologist of Imperial Russia. He was born to a wealthy aristocratic family in the Könno Manor, Kreis Pernau in Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, now in Estonia. After his education at the universities of Dorpat (Tartu), Heidelberg, and Vienna, he took a trip around the world. He married Maria Goedela von Bismarck-Schönhausen, granddaughter of Otto von Bismarck
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Plate (died 1420) as well as the vicar von Neuburg, Hermann von Giwertze (died 1449); to the left the abbots Gottschalk (died 1391), Hermann Bockholt (died 1423), Bernhard (died 1441), Johannes Wilkens (died 1489), Franz Meyne (died 1499) and Heinrich Mützel (died 1504). Above these tomb stones are the pictures of Duchess Anna von Brandenburg (died 1567), the spouse of Albrecht VII., Duke Albrecht VII. von Mecklenburg (died 1547)
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Dietrich von Grüningen


the Pope Gregory IX as Livonian Order was united with the Teutonic Knights, Dietrich von Grueningen should probably be in the same year Landmeister in Livland. However, the then Grand Master Hermann von Salza looked away from it and instead used Hermann von Balk, the Landmeister of Prussia, also in Livonia, probably because Dietrich von Grüningen only a few years earlier in the Order had come and was still very young. However, Grüningen may have already acted as representative of Balk in Livland. Already in 1238, when Balk had left
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Georg Reismüller


1. April 1923 bis 1. Sep. 1925, Von Bibliotheksdirektor Dr. Reismüller, In: Pfälz. Museum. 42.1925, 259-261. 21 Georg von Neumayers Bibliothek. Von Bibliotheksdirektor Dr. Reismülle. In: Pfälz. Museum, 43.1926, 111. 22. Zur Geschichte der naturwissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken in der Pfalz. Von Dr. Reismüller. In: Pfälz, Museum, 44,1927, 9-11. 23. Zensur und Zeitung in der Pfalz von hundert Jahren, Vor Dr. Reismüller-Speyer. In: Frankenthaler Tagblatt. 1.10.1927,
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Otto Pfeilizer-Frank


Baron Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Pfeilitzer gen. Franck, sometimes referred to as "Otto Romanovich Franck" or "Otto Romanovich Pfeilitzer-Franck" (, February 29, 1788 – March 9, 1844) was a Russian statesman, the 6th governor of Taganrog. Otto von Pfeilitzer-Franck was christened on February 29, 1788 (Old Style), born into the family of Hermann Casimir von Pfeilitzer-Franck and Caroline von Schlippenbach. He was educated at the First Cadet Corps ("Первый кадетский корпус"), which
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Hoppstädten


by way of the late count's daughter Schonette, found its way into others’ hands. Schonette's first husband was Hermann Boos von Waldeck, and her second was Reinhard von Sickingen. When Hermann died about 1439, the lordship of Sien remained in his widow’s hands. After overcoming a few difficulties, Schonette managed to bequeath the inheritance in 1483 to Schwicker von Sickingen, Franz von Sickingen’s father. This only involved half the village, of course; as before, the other half was a Veldenz fief held by
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Hermann von Hanneken (soldier)


Hermann Konstantin Albert Julius von Hanneken (5 January 1890 – 22 July 1981) was a German General of the Infantry who was supreme commander of the German forces in Denmark from 29 September 1942 to January 1945. In 1908 after training in cadet school von Hanneken joined the army as a "Fähnrich". A year later he was promoted to "Leutnant". In April 1917 he was transferred to the General Staff, and the year after he was promoted to "Hauptmann". In 1915 von Hanneken became "Oberleutnant"
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Hermann Lossen


Hermann Friedrich Lossen (November 7, 1842 – August 27, 1909) was a German surgeon born in Emmershäuser Hütte, Hesse. He studied under Carl von Voit (Munich), Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (Würzburg), Bernhard von Langenbeck (Berlin) and Theodor Billroth (Vienna), earning his medical doctorate in 1866 from the University of Würzburg. In addition he served as an assistant to Richard von Volkmann at the University of Halle and to Gustav Simon at the University of Heidelberg. In 1866 he became habilitated for
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Alexander von Keyserling


1846). He was also a botanist and zoologist who wrote "Die wirbelthiere Europa's" ("Vertebrates of Europe") with Johann Heinrich Blasius. This work was published in 1840. Alexander's nephews include diplomat and writer Eduard von Keyserling. , the first leader of the Latvian Navy, was his brother Eduard Ernst Hermann von Keyserling's grandson. Philosopher Hermann von Keyserling was his grandson. Keyserling was an advocate of the transmutation of species. In 1853, he wrote an article which suggested that species arose from the
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Merzweiler


and poor people at Meisenheim, which hitherto have belonged in the "Amt" at Meisenheim”). Merzweiler must have been among these villages. Even before 1426, the Counts of Veldenz had granted the court at Merzweiler to the House of Boiz von Reipoltskirchen, first to Conrad Boiz, then to Hermann the Elder and last to Hermann the Younger. In 1438, the fief passed to Hermann the Younger's son-in-law, Godelmann Blick von Lichtenberg. As a Veldenz, and later Zweibrücken village, Merzweiler always
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Hermann of Eppenstein


Hermann von Eppenstein (* unknown; † 1087) was a Passau councilor from 1085 to 1087. Hermann von Eppenstein, son of the Duke Markwards of Carinthia, came from an influential family. His first two brothers were Dukes of Carinthia, the third was abbot of St. Gallen, and later even Patriarch of Aquileia. In April 1085, the Emperor Henry IV appointed him to the bishop of Mainz as a counter-bishop at the Synod of Mainz, declaring the papal faithful Altmann, the real Bishop of Passau. Altmann
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Grete Hermann


In Leipzig, many exchanges of thoughts took place among Hermann, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Werner Heisenberg. The contents of her work in this time, including a focus on a distinction of predictability and causality, are known from three of her own publications, and from later description of their discussions by von Weizsäcker, and the discussion of Hermann's work in chapter ten of Heisenberg's "The Part and The Whole". From Denmark, she published her work "The foundations of quantum mechanics in the philosophy of nature
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Hermann von Schmid


Hermann Theodor von Schmid (also Hermann Schmid; 30 March 1815 – 19 October 1880) was an Austrian-German novelist, dramatist, and theatre director. He was born in Waizenkirchen (now in Austria, but at that time still in Bavaria) and studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he obtained his doctorate and entered the judiciary. He began his literary career as a dramatist with "Camoëns" and "Bretislav" (1843), which caught the attention of Ludwig I and led to a position
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Hermann von Teschenberg


Hermann Freiherr von Teschenberg (6 July 1866 – 6 November 1911) was an Austrian barrister, translator, and an LGBT rights activist. Born in Austria, von Teschenberg was the son of a diplomat, Ernst Freiherr von Teschenberg (1836–1886) and Rosa Peetz. His father was also editor of the "Wiener Zeitung" on behalf of the government. So he spent his childhood among elites in Austria, getting to know the future King Alfonso XII of Spain and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He studied law in college and married
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Walther von Mumm


Moritz Karl Ferdinand Wilhelm Hermann Walther Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1887 – 1959) was a German businessman and bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s. He was the one-time "champagne king" of Rheims in France, as part of the Mumm champagne making family. Von Mumm was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1887, son to Peter Arnold Gottlieb Hermann Mumm von Schwarzenstein and Emma Luise Marie Passavant. He was an aviation pioneer who went to the United States in 1910 as pilot of the French entry in the Gordon Bennett
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Hermann von Kuhl


-back legend that blamed the German defeat without an honorable peace on Marxists and Republicans at home. Military historian Hans Meier-Welcker summed up von Kuhl this way For a deep historical understanding of the world war, even if not free of temporal apology, he performed a significant contribution For his postwar work, von Kuhl was awarded the "Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste" (English: Order of Merit in the Sciences and Arts) in 1924, Germany's highest civilian decoration. Hermann von Kuhl spent his last
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Hermann Rieth


Hermann Rieth was a German operatic bass. Rieth studied singing at the Musikhochschule von Stuttgart from 1930 to 1936 and then pursued further studies with Alfredo Cairati in Zürich. He made his professional opera debut in 1938 at the Stadttheater von Hagen in Westfalen in the role of Landgraf in Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser". He sang at that theatre through the Spring of 1940, after which he joined the roster at Theater von Teplitz. From 1941 to 1946, he sang roles at the Stadttheater von Bremen and from 1949 to 1974 he
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Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen


Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (Göttingen, 12 October 1882 – Munich, 14 June 1954) was a German composer, conductor, teacher and writer. He was the son of the economist August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852–1938) and his wife Charlotte Freiin von Kapherr, a descendant of the historian Georg Friedrich Sartorius. He studied composition with Ludwig Thuille in Munich from 1901 until 1907. He also studied piano with from 1905 to 1915. At the age of nine, Waltershausen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. To prevent
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Hermann Guido von Samson-Himmelstjerna


Hermann Guido von Samson-Himmelstjerna; name sometimes given as Guido Samson von Himmelstiern (23 January 1809, Kooraste, Governorate of Livonia – 30 January 1868, Tartu) was a Baltic German physician and professor of "Staatsarzneikunde" (state pharmacopoeia). From 1826 he studied medicine at the University of Dorpat, earning his doctorate in 1834. Afterwards he continued his education at the Frederick William's University of Berlin, the University of Würzburg and the University of Vienna, where he studied with Karl von Rokitansky (1804-1878
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Hans Hermann von Katte


his father. Born in the Prussian capital of Berlin, Katte was a nobleman by birth, coming from a long line of aristocratic military men. His ancestors were squires of Wust in the Altmark. His father, Hans Heinrich Graf von Katte, was one of Frederick William I's most regarded cuirassiers. Katte's mother, Dorothee Sophia von Wartensleben, was the daughter of a seasoned and revered field marshal, Graf Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben. Hans Hermann studied in Königsberg and Utrecht, focusing on French and law. After completing
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List of World War I flying aces from Germany


Freiherr von Boenigk Eduard Ritter von Dostler Max Näther Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay Georg von Hantelmann Fritz Pütter Erwin Böhme Georg Meyer (aviator) Hermann Becker Hermann Göring Hans Klein Hans Martin Pippart Werner Preuss Karl Schlegel (aviator) Rudolf Windisch Hans von Adam Friedrich Altemeier Friedrich Friedrichs Fritz Höhn Friedrich T. Noltenius Hans Bethge (aviator) Rudolf von Eschwege Wilhelm Frankl Hans von Freden Walter Göttsch Oskar Hennrich Otto Kissenberth Wilhelm Reinhard Otto Schmidt (aviator) Christian Donhauser Gerhard Fieseler Kurt Wintgens Alexander Zenzes Hartmuth Baldamus Franz Hemer Emil Schäpe Fritz Beckhardt Hans
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Merveldt family


in Freckenhorst. Bishop Heidenreich of Münster granted Marshal Heinrich von Merveldt in 1389 the manor of Wolbeck (now in the southeastern part of Münster). There, the "Herrn" von Merveldt held the office of "Drosten" (bailiffs) until the Secularization. The goal of an independent Imperial estate was not achieved because of the disputes within the family and of the encroachments of the episcopal lords. With his efforts as the moderator, Hermann von Merveldt Hermann participated in the completion of the Treaty of Kranenburg (23 October 1457
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Hermann von Dechend


a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the Free Conservative Party in 1867-69 and of the Prussian House of Lords in 1872-90. Hermann Friedrich Alexander Dechend married Adelgunde Auguste Wilke (20 November 1823 – 1915) and was ennobled as von Dechend in 1865. His daughter Susanne (1859–1929) married the Prussian army officer Hugo von Kathen (1855–1932), while his granddaughter Adelgunde Margaret Beatrice von Dechend (1911–1983) was the wife of the Welsh character actor Hugh Emrys Griffith (1912–1980). His son Richard
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Hermann von der Hude


Hermann Philipp Wilhelm von der Hude (2 June 1830 in Lübeck – 4 June 1908 in Berlin) was a German architect. von der Hude trained under the Berlin architect Friedrich August Stüler. In 1860 he formed a long-lasting partnership with Julius Hennicke (1832 - 1892). Both had trained at the Berlin Bauakademie under Stüler and Friedrich Ludwig Persius, putting them firmly in the direct influence of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the "Schinkel school". Latvian architect Karl Felsko worked for von der Hude and Hennicke in the 1860s
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Sepsi-78


Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura (SePS). The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in 2007. Currently Sepsi-78 focuses in youth football and its first team plays in the Kutonen, seventh tier of the Finnish football league system. Seinäjoen Palloseura was founded in 1930. SePS had activity in football and bandy, which was the club's main sport in the beginning. SePS played seven seasons in the
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Doberan Minster


right the memorial plaque for Siegfried (died 1441) and Hermann von Oertzen (died 1386) with the inscription: “In the year of our Lord 1441 on the 11th day of July Siegfried von Oertzen passed away in the holy land and is buried on Mount Zion. In the year of our Lord 1386, the knight Hermann von Oertzen passed away.” Up to the former Lettnerwand and the cross altar was, as in all Cistercians abbeys, the room for the church services of the lay brothers. The pews of
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Hermann von Siemens


boards of "Siemens & Halske AG" and "Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG" until his retirement in 1956. All factories in the Soviet occupation zone as well as most factories abroad were lost and had to be replaced. During this period of time, his first cousin Ernst von Siemens was CEO of Siemens & Halske AG from 1949 until 1956 and eventually succeeded Hermann as chairman of both companies in 1956. Because of the Berlin Blockade, Hermann and Ernst shifted the headquarters of Siemens from sieged Berlin to Erlangen, the production site
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Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen


blindness. In 1928 he moved back to the island of Sylt in his native Schleswig-Holstein. Despite his blindness, when the "Luftwaffe" was established in 1935 under Hermann Göring, Lieth-Thomsen re-entered military service as Head of the Military Science at the Reich Air Ministry. He was granted the rank of major general. He held this post until his death in 1942, receiving promotions to lieutenant general and "General der Flieger" before the outbreak of World War II. Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen
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Irm Hermann


Fassbinder's movies including "The Merchant of Four Seasons" ("Händler der vier Jahreszeiten", 1971) and "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant" ("Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant", 1972). Beyond their professional relationship, Irm Hermann soon became one of Fassbinder's closest confidantes. From the mid-1970s, she worked more often for other directors. Since Fassbinder's early death, she has acted in numerous German film and television productions. Hermann starred in the horror drama "Die Blutgräfin"
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Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan


Luise "Pauline" Maria Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan (19 February 1782 – 8 January 1845) was a Princess of Courland by birth and through her marriage to Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Pauline was Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Pauline was the second-eldest child and daughter of Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, and his third wife Dorothea von Medem. Pauline married Friedrich Hermann Otto, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, son of Hermann
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Herbert Wilhelmy


). In 1954 he became full professor at the Universität Stuttgart as Hermann Lautensach's successor. 1959—1960 he researched and taught at the University of California, Berkeley with James J. Parsons—a student of Carl O. Sauer—, generated William M. Denevan's interest for writing a dissertation on the Llanos de Mojos and inspired Chris Field who wrote his dissertation on Southern Andean agricultural terraces. Subsequently he followed Hermann von Wissmann, son of Hermann von Wissmann, and went to the Universität Tübingen, where he retired in 1978. He advised
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Karl von Ditmar


began studying agricultural science but after some time changed to mineralogy and geology under Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich and Hermann Martin Asmuss. After having graduated university with a master's degree, Ditmar in 1846–1848 travelled Europe and among other things attended lectures at the Freiberg Mining Academy in present-day Germany. In 1848 he returned to Russia and Saint Petersburg, and through his friendship with Leopold von Schrenck was introduced to Alexander von Middendorff at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. In 1851 Ditmar undertook a voyage to Kamchatka which would last until 1854
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List of World War I flying aces from Germany


Hippert Hans Hoyer Paul Hüttenrauch Michael Hutterer Fritz Jacobsen Willi Kampe Fritz Kieckhäfer Franz Kirchfeld Arthur Korff Fritz Krebs Karl Meyer (aviator) Kurt Adolf Monnington Otto Parschau Friedrich Poeschke Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen Claus Reimer Karl Ritscherle Richard Runge Karl Scharon Hans Schilling (aviator) Viktor Schobinger Carl-August von Schoenebeck Wilhelm Schwartz Fritz Thiede Wilhelm Zorn Fritz Anders Gerhard Bassenge Helmut Brünig Hermann Dahlmann Helmut Dilthey Julius Fichter Hermann Gilly Hans Goerth Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos Hermann Habich Otto Hartmann Georg Ritter von Hengl Josef Hohly Kurt Jacob Karl Jentsch Martin Johns Christian Kairies Emil
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Johann Friedrich Cotta


and by his nephew (the son of his sister), Hermann Albert von Reischach. Under their joint partnership, the before-mentioned firms in Leipzig and Landshut, and an artistic establishment in Munich passed into other hands, leaving on the death of Hermann Albert von Reischach, in 1876, Karl von Cotta the sole representative of the firm, until his death in 1888. In 1889 the firm of J. G. Cotta passed by purchase into the hands of Adolf and Paul Kroner, who took others into partnership. In 1899
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History of Velbert


) and the local church to the abbey. In 1115, Earl Adolf II von Berg was "vogt" of the abbey. Earl Hermann von Hardenberg owned Hadenberg (later Neviges) in 1145. Neviges was first mentioned around 1150 as Navagis, and Langenberg was first mentioned before 1220 as Langenberge. In 1220 Hermann von Hardenberg and his mother, the widow Hellenburgis, founded a priestly order in the church at Neviges. In 1265, the church of Langenberg was first mentioned; the Homberg (with jurisdiction over Velbert) and
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