University of Leipzig: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Universität Leipzig • Karl Marx University of Leipzig
Date	1409 - present
Areas Of Involvement	public education
Notable Alumni	Felix Bloch • Rudolf Hermann Lotze • Wolfgang Ostwald • Friedrich Nietzsche • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz • Angela Merkel • Johann Gottlieb Fichte • Edward Teller • Georgius Agricola • Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls • Uwe Johnson • Henri Pirenne • Konstantin von Tischendorf • Mary Whiton Calkins • James McKeen Cattell • Hans Fritzsche • Otto von Pack • Sir Bernard Katz • Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther • Carl Bosch • Charles Hubbard Judd • Kasimir Fajans • Heinrich Albert

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