(Encyclopedia) Bergmann, Ernst vonBergmann, Ernst vonĕrnst fən bĕrgˈmän [key], 1836–1907, German surgeon, b. Riga. He became a professor at the Univ. of Berlin in 1882. He contributed to the modern…
(Encyclopedia) Stahl, Georg ErnstStahl, Georg Ernstgāˈôrkh ĕrnst shtäl [key], 1660–1734, German physician and chemist. He taught (1694–1716) at the Univ. of Halle, then went to Berlin as court…
(Encyclopedia) Jünger, ErnstJünger, Ernstĕrnst yüngˈər [key], 1895–1998, German writer. Jünger's early war novels were based on arduous army experience. Strongly influenced by Nietzsche, they…
(Encyclopedia) Mach, ErnstMach, Ernstĕrnst mäkh [key], 1838–1916, Austrian physicist and philosopher, b. Moravia. He taught (1864–67) mathematics at Graz and later, until his retirement in 1901, was…
(Encyclopedia) Toller, ErnstToller, Ernstĕrnst tôlˈər [key], 1893–1939, German dramatist and poet of the expressionist school. He was imprisoned (1919–24) for participating in the Communist Bavarian…
(Encyclopedia) Roehm or Röhm, ErnstRoehm or Röhm, Ernstboth: ĕrnst röm [key], 1887–1934, German National Socialist leader. An army officer in World War I, he met (1919) Adolf Hitler, whose political…
(Encyclopedia) Dohnányi, Ernst vonDohnányi, Ernst vonĕrnst fən dōˈnänyĭ [key], Hung. ErnőDohnányi, Ernst vonĕrˈnö [key], 1877–1960, Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor. He studied at the Royal…
(Encyclopedia) Lubitsch, ErnstLubitsch, Ernstl&oomacr;ˈbĭch [key], 1892–1947, German-American film director, b. Berlin. He studied acting in his native city and in 1911 joined Max Reinhardt's…
(Encyclopedia) Křenek, ErnstKřenek, Ernstkrĕˈnĕk, Czech kerzhĕˈnĕk [key], 1900–1991, Austrian-American composer, b. Vienna. to Czech parents. He studied in Vienna and Berlin, and in the early 1920s…
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