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Language

Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Wilhelm Eduard Weber

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German physicist, born at Wittenberg; professor at Gottingen; distinguished for his contributions to electricity and magnetism, both scientific and practical (1801-1891).

Johann Heinrich Voss

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German poet and scholar, born in Mecklenburg; spent most of his life in Heidelberg; his fame rests chiefly on his idyllic poem "Luise" and his translations, particularly of Homer ...

Johann Ludwig Uhland

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German poet, born at Tubingen; studied law, and wrote essays as well as poems, but it is on the latter his fame rests, and that is as wide as the German world; he was a ...

Eduard Zeller

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German professor of Philosophy, born in Wurtemberg; studied at Tubingen; was first a disciple of Baur, and then of Hegel; became professor at Berlin, and devoted himself chiefly ...

Bernhard Weiss

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German theologian, born at Konigsberg; became professor at Kiel and afterwards at Berlin; has written on the theology of the New Testament, an introduction to it, and a "Leben ...