GIESSEN

Meaning of GIESSEN in English

Pronunciation: ' g ē -s ə n

Function: geographical name

city W cen Germany N of Frankfurt am Main pop 73,763

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GIESSEN — geographical name city W central Germany N of Frankfurt am Main population 73,763
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GIESSEN — geographical name city W central Germany N of Frankfurt am Main population 73,763
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GIESSEN — city, Hesse Land (state), west-central Germany, on the Lahn River between Westerwald and Vogelsberg (mountains). First mentioned in 1197, it …
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RÖNTGEN, WILHELM CONRAD — or Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen born March 27, 1845, Lennep, Prussia died Feb. 10, 1923, Munich, Ger. German physicist. He taught …
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MILNER, ALFRED — later Viscount Milner (of St. James's and Cape Town) born March 23, 1854, Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt died May 13, 1925, Sturry …
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LIEBKNECHT, WILHELM — born March 29, 1826, Giessen, Hesse died Aug. 7, 1900, Berlin, Ger. German socialist, cofounder of the German Imprisoned for …
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LAHN RIVER — River, western Germany. A tributary of the Rhine River , it rises in western Germany and after a southerly course …
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JHERING, RUDOLF VON — born Aug. 22, 1818, Aurich, Hanover died Sept. 17, 1892, Göttingen, Ger. German legal scholar. He taught Roman law at …
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DORNBERGER, WALTER ROBERT — born Sept. 6, 1895, Giessen, Ger. died June 27, 1980, Baden-Württemberg German-born U.S. engineer. From 1932, with rocket engine. During …
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DIEZ, FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN — born March 15, 1794, Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt died May 29, 1876, Bonn, Ger. German linguist, regarded as the founder of Romance …
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INGOT — /ing"geuht/ , n. 1. a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining. v.t. 2. …
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WURTZ, CHARLES-ADOLPHE — born Nov. 26, 1817, Wolfisheim, near Strasbourg, Fr. died May 12, 1884, Paris French chemist and educator noted for his …
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WOHLER, FRIEDRICH — Whler, detail of a lithograph by R. Hoffmann, 1856 (b. July 31, 1800, Eschersheim, near Frankfurt am Main d. Sept. …
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WIEN, WILHELM — born Jan. 13, 1864, Gaffken, Prussia [now in Poland] died Aug. 30, 1928, Munich, Ger. Wien in full Wilhelm Carl …
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WEISMANN, AUGUST (FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD)
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STAMMLER, RUDOLF — born Feb. 19, 1856, Alsfeld, Hesse died April 25, 1938, Wernigerode, Ger. German jurist and teacher who is considered to …
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SIMITIS, KONSTANTINOS — born June 23, 1936, Athens, Greece in full Konstantinos Georgiou Simitis, byname Kostas Simitis Greek legal scholar and politician who …
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RONTGEN, WILHELM CONRAD — born March 27, 1845, Lennep, Prussia [now Remscheid, Ger.] died Feb. 10, 1923, Munich, Ger. Rntgen Rntgen also spelled Roentgen …
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REGNAULT, HENRI-VICTOR — born July 21, 1810, Aix-la-Chapelle, Fr. died Jan. 19, 1878, Auteuil French chemist and physicist noted for his work on …
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MILNER (OF SAINT JAMES'S AND CAPE TOWN), ALFRED ... — born March 23, 1854, Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt died May 13, 1925, Sturry Court, near Canterbury, Kent, Eng. also called (190102) Baron …
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MERCK, JOHANN HEINRICH — born April 11, 1741, Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt died June 27, 1791, Darmstadt German writer and critic who provided valuable guidance to …
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MARIGNAC, JEAN-CHARLES-GALINARD DE — born April 24, 1817, Geneva died April 15, 1894, Geneva Swiss chemist whose work with atomic weights suggested the possibility …
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LEUCKART, (KARL GEORG FRIEDRICH) RUDOLF — born Oct. 7, 1822, Helmstedt, Ger. died Feb. 6, 1898, Leipzig German zoologist and teacher who initiated the modern science …
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LAHN RIVER — river, a right-bank tributary of the Rhine River, rising on the Jagd Berg (2,218 feet ), a summit of the …
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KOPP, HERMANN FRANZ MORITZ — born Oct. 30, 1817, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel died Feb. 20, 1892, Heidelberg, Baden German chemist and historian of chemistry whose studies …
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KASSEL — Regierungsbezirk (administrative district), northern Hesse Land (state), central Germany. Kassel is bordered by Thuringia Land to the east, Bavaria Land …
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HOFMANN, AUGUST WILHELM VON — born April 8, 1818, Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt died May 2, 1892, Berlin German chemist whose research on aniline, with that of …
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HIRT, HERMANN — born Dec. 19, 1865, Magdeburg, Prussia died Sept. 12, 1936, Giessen, Ger. German linguist whose comprehensive Indogermanische Grammatik, 7 vol. …
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FOLLEN, ADOLF LUDWIG — born Jan. 21, 1794, Giessen, Hesse died Dec. 26, 1855, Bern also called August Adolf Follenius German political and Romantic …
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DILLENIUS, JOHANN JAKOB — born 1687, Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt died April 2, 1747, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. botanist who wrote several descriptive works on plants. His …
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DARMSTADT — Regierungsbezirk (administrative district), southern Hesse Land (state), south-central Germany. Darmstadt is bordered by the Lnder of Bavaria to the east, …
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BUCHNER, GEORG — born Oct. 17, 1813, Goddelau, Hesse-Darmstadt died Feb. 19, 1837, Zrich, Switz. German dramatist, a major forerunner of the Expressionist …
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