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Born August 20, 1802
Died January 6, 1875 (aged 72) • Prague • Czechoslovakia
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Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
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Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
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William IV, detail from an engraving by P. Troschel
William IV
landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
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German film director
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Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
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Bernard II
German duke
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August Boeckh
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Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
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Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
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Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
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Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
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Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist
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Fritz Fischer
German historian
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Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
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Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
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Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
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Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
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Konrad Zuse
German engineer
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Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
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Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant