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(Encyclopedia) Ackermann von Böhmen: see Johannes von Saaz. ...

(Encyclopedia) John of Hollywood: see Sacrobosco, Johannes de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Meer, Jan or Johannes van der: see Vermeer, Jan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Van der Meer, Jan or Johannes, Dutch painter of Delft: see Vermeer, Jan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Einhorn, David īnˈhôrn [key], 1809–79, Jewish theological writer and leader of the Reform movement in Judaism in the United States. Born in Bavaria, he studied philosophy at Munich and was influe...

(Encyclopedia) Pali päˈlē [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Some scholars classify it as a Prakrit, or vernacular dialect of clas...

(Encyclopedia) Grimm, Jakob grĭm [key], 1786–1859, and which did much to encourage the romantic revival of folklore. Among their best-known stories are “Hansel and Gretel,” “Rapunzel,” “The Breman Town...

(Encyclopedia) Hahn, Otto ôˈtō hän [key], 1879–1968, German chemist and physicist. His important contributions in the field of radioactivity include the discovery of several radioactive substances, the develop...

(Encyclopedia) Mendel, David: see Neander, Johann August Wilhelm. ...

(Encyclopedia) Du Bois-Reymond, Emil āˈmēl dü bwä-rāmôNˈ [key], 1818–96, German physiologist of French descent. A pupil and successor (after 1858) of Johannes Müller at the Univ. of Berlin, he is known es...