Joseph Wolff

Joseph Wolff

male, deceased (1862)
Joseph Wolff, Jewish Christian missionary, was born at Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany. His father became rabbi at Württemberg in 1806, and s...
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

male, deceased (1197)
Henry VI (November 1165 - 28 September 1197) was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197, Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King of Sicily from...

Johann Kaspar Zeuß

male, deceased (1856)
Johann Kaspar Zeuß was a German historian and founder of Celtic philology.
Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel

Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel

male, deceased (1819)
"Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel" (14 September 1779, Bautzen-29 July 1819, Bamberg was a German writer. He studied medicine in Leipzig and Jena,...

Hermann Tietz

male, deceased (1907)
Hermann Tietz was a German merchant of Jewish origin. Tietz was born on April 29, 1837 in Birnbaum an der Warthe near Posen (today Międzychód, Po...
Jakob Ayrer

Jakob Ayrer

male, deceased (1605)
Jakob Ayrer (ca. 1543-March 26, 1605) was a German playwright and author of "Fastnachtsspiele" (carnival or Shrovetide plays). Little is known of...

Friedrich Bürklein

male, deceased (1872)
Georg Friedrich Christian Bürklein was a German architect and a pupil of Friedrich von Gärtner. His first important work was the construction of th...

Karl von Abel

male, deceased (1859)
Karl von Abel was a Bavarian statesman. Born in Wetzlar, Abel was the son of a procurator at the superior Court of Justice. He studied law in...
Franz von Rinecker

Franz von Rinecker

male, deceased (1883)
Franz von Rinecker was a German pharmacologist who was a native of Schesslitz from the district of Bamberg. He studied medicine at Munich and...

Johannes Schöner

male, deceased (1547)
Johannes Schöner (aka, Johann Schönner, Jean Schönner, Johann Schoenerus) was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, cartographer and edi...