boell | (n) German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985), Syn. Heinrich Boell, Heinrich Theodor Boell |
haeckel | (n) German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919), Syn. Ernst Heinrich Haeckel |
hertz | (n) German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894), Syn. Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz |
himmler | (n) German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945), Syn. Heinrich Himmler |
humboldt | (n) German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859), Syn. Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt |
klaproth | (n) German chemist who pioneered analytical chemistry and discovered three new elements (1743-1817), Syn. Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
kleist | (n) German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811), Syn. Heinrich von Kleist, Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist |
schliemann | (n) German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890), Syn. Heinrich Schliemann |
schmidt | (n) German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918), Syn. Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt, Helmut Schmidt |
steinway | (n) United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871), Syn. Henry Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinway, Henry Engelhard Steinway |
warburg | (n) German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970), Syn. Otto Heinrich Warburg |
weber | (n) German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878), Syn. Ernst Heinrich Weber, E. H. Weber |