| bessel | (n) German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846), Syn. Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel |
| engels | (n) socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895), Syn. Friedrich Engels |
| froebel | (n) German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852), Syn. Friedrich Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel |
| gauss | (n) German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855), Syn. Karl Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss |
| handel | (n) a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759), Syn. Georg Friedrich Handel, George Frideric Handel, George Frederick Handel |
| hayek | (n) English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992), Syn. Friedrich August von Hayek |
| hebbel | (n) German dramatist (1813-1863), Syn. Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Friedrich Hebbel |
| hegel | (n) German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831), Syn. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
| herbart | (n) German philosopher (1776-1841), Syn. Johann Friedrich Herbart |
| 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 |
| kekule | (n) German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896), Syn. Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, Friedrich August Kekule |
| klopstock | (n) German poet (1724-1803), Syn. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock |
| krupp | (n) German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826), Syn. Friedrich Krupp |
| mesmer | (n) Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815), Syn. Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer |
| muller | (n) British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900), Syn. Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller |
| munchhausen | (n) German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797), Syn. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Baron Munchausen, Munchausen |
| nietzsche | (n) influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900), Syn. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche |
| riemann | (n) pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866), Syn. Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, Bernhard Riemann |
| schiller | (n) German romantic writer (1759-1805), Syn. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller |
| schonbein | (n) German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868), Syn. Christian Schonbein, Christian Friedrich Schonbein |
| steuben | (n) American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794), Syn. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben |
| weber | (n) German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826), Syn. Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Carl Maria von Weber |
| weismann | (n) German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914), Syn. August Friedrich Leopold Weismann |
| wolf | (n) German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824), Syn. Friedrich August Wolf |
| wolff | (n) German anatomist (1733-1794), Syn. Kaspar Friedrich Wolff |
| 恩格斯 | [Ēn gé sī, ㄣ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙ, 恩 格 斯] Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of marxism #19,272 [Add to Longdo] |
| 尼采 | [Ní cǎi, ㄋㄧˊ ㄘㄞˇ, 尼 采 / 尼 採] Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher #42,672 [Add to Longdo] |
| 高斯 | [Gāo sī, ㄍㄠ ㄙ, 高 斯] Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician; Gauss, unit of magnetic induction #43,557 [Add to Longdo] |
| 席勒 | [Xí lè, ㄒㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ, 席 勒] Schiller (name); Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist #70,344 [Add to Longdo] |
| 弗里得里希 | [Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī, ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ, 弗 里 得 里 希 / 弗 裡 得 裡 希] Friedrich (name) [Add to Longdo] |
