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(Encyclopedia) Haller, Albrecht von älˈbrĕcht fən häˈlər [key], 1708–77, Swiss scientist and writer. He had already won distinction as botanist and poet when he was appointed (1736) professor of anatomy, me...

(Encyclopedia) Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August kärl ouˈgo͝ost färnˈhägən fən ĕnˈzə [key], 1785–1858, German poet, historian, and journalist. He collaborated with Chamisso and other writers and wrote Bio...

(Encyclopedia) Bora, Katharina von: see Luther, Martin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dietrich von Bern: see Theodoric the Great. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kniller, Gottfried von: see Kneller, Sir Godfrey. ...

(Encyclopedia) Walther von der Vogelweide välˈtər fən dĕr fōˈgəlvīˌdə [key], c.1170–c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval Germany. He wandered from court ...

(Encyclopedia) Wrangell, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von: see Wrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von. ...

(Encyclopedia) York von Wartenburg, Ludwig, Graf: see Yorck von Wartenburg, Ludwig, Graf. ...

(Encyclopedia) Vrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von: see Wrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von. ...

(Encyclopedia) Waldstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von: see Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von. ...