(Encyclopedia) Bock, Fedor vonBock, Fedor vonfāˈdôr fən bôk [key], 1880–1945, German field marshal. During World War II he led German armies in Poland, the Low Countries, France, and Russia. In 1941…
(Encyclopedia) Koerber, Ernest vonKoerber, Ernest vonfən körˈbər [key], 1850–1919, Austro-Hungarian prime minister. A career civil servant, he became prime minister (1900–1904) and made a vigorous…
(Encyclopedia) Karajan, Herbert vonKarajan, Herbert vonkäräyänˈ [key], 1908–89, Austrian conductor. Karajan began his conducting career in 1927. After World War II his reputation spread through…
(Encyclopedia) Wieser, Friedrich vonWieser, Friedrich vonfrēˈdrĭkh fən vēˈzər [key], 1851–1926, Austrian economist and sociologist. He is noted for his formulas applying the principle of marginal…
(Encyclopedia) Boyen, Hermann vonBoyen, Hermann vonboiˈən [key], 1771–1848, Prussian field marshal. After the Prussian defeat by Emperor Napoleon I and the disastrous treaties of Tilsit in 1807 (see…
(Encyclopedia) Wolff or Wolf, Christian vonWolff or Wolf, Christian vonkrĭsˈtyän fən vôlf [key], 1679–1754, German philosopher. One of the first to use the German language instead of Latin, he…
(Encyclopedia) Müller, Johannes vonMüller, Johannes vonyōhäˈnəs fən mülˈər [key], 1752–1809, Swiss historian. He spent much of his life in Germany, where he held political posts under the elector of…
(Encyclopedia) Otfried von WeissenburgOtfried von Weissenburgôtˈfrēt fən vīˈsənb&oobreve;rkh [key], 9th-century German monk and poet; pupil of Rabanus Maurus Magnentius. His Liber Evangeliorum (…
(Encyclopedia) Piloty, Karl vonPiloty, Karl vonkärl fən pēlōˈtē [key], 1826–86, German historical painter; son of Ferdinand Piloty (1786–1844), a noted German lithographer. Karl first won recognition…
(Encyclopedia) Moos, Ludwig vonMoos, Ludwig vonl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh fən m&oomacr;s [key], 1910–90, Swiss political leader. Entering politics in his native town of Sachseln, he served (1941–46) as…
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