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    Stenzler, a distinguished scholar at the University of Breslau. He earned money in Breslau by teaching English. In 1863 Rhys Davids returned to Britain...
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    Wrocław Opera (redirect from Breslau Opera)
    named after the city's then German name, Oper Breslau. An Italian opera company was established in Breslau in 1725 by Antonio Maria Peruzzi, following a...
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    "Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny", Cracow, 1999. Herzog Heinrich von Breslau Archived 9 April 2002 at the Wayback Machine in the Codex Manesse (1304/40)...
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  • Bishops of the (Breslau )Wrocław Bishopric, Prince-Bishopric (1290–1918), and Archdiocese (since 1930; see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław for details)...
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    Austrian-style institutions in Pressburg for Hungary, in Prague for Bohemia, and in Breslau for Silesia. Ferdinand was able to introduce more uniform governments for...
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    Johann Gottfried Galle (category Academic staff of the University of Breslau)
    Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Breslau. He worked in Breslau for over 45 years. For the academic year 1875/76 he was elected Rector. At Breslau he dealt with the exact...
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    Clara Immerwahr (category University of Breslau alumni)
    German woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Breslau, and is credited with being a pacifist as well as a "heroine of the women's...
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    university teaching) in physics in Germany before World War II. Born in Breslau in the German Empire (now Wrocław, Poland), she was forced to leave Germany...
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    rebellion. Having routed the united troops of Casimir IV and Vladislaus at Breslau in Silesia (now Wrocław in Poland) in late 1474, Matthias turned against...
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    Fritz Haber (category War criminals of World War I)
    born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland), into a well-off Jewish family.: 38  Despite Haber being a common family name in Breslau, the family...
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    Enigma Books. Griess, Thomas (2014). The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean. Square One Publishers. Festung Breslau/Fortress Wrocław Archived...
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    Brothers Grimm, the tale of the Räuber Gnipperdinga seems to be included, Breslau 1997, p. 596. For example, Becherer 1601, pp. 590–591; von Ziegler und...
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  • Poland), the son of Sigismund Lasker and Flora Bornstein. He studied in Breslau (now Wrocław) and in Charlottenburg (now part of Berlin). Lasker earned...
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    This list includes people who were born in or lived in Breslau before 1945. For a list of famous residents after 1945, see List of notable people from...
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    Ivan Pavlov (redirect from I. P. Pavlov)
    Leipzig with Carl Ludwig and Eimear Kelly in the Heidenhain laboratories in Breslau. He remained there from 1884 to 1886. Heidenhain was studying digestion...
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    collapse of the Nazi regime. Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February 1906 in Breslau, then Germany (now Poland), into a large family. In addition to his other...
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    events surrounding the pursuit of two German warships, SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau. Despite being outclassed by the German warships, Troubridge intended to...
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    A statue once stood in the square that bore his name, Blücherplatz, in Breslau (today Wrocław). Blücher was born on 21 December 1742 in Rostock, a Baltic...
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    Max Born (category University of Breslau alumni)
    Initially educated at the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Breslau, Born entered the University of Breslau in 1901. The German university system allowed students...
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    Seckau), the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (the bulk of Olomouc and parts of Breslau), as well as in respect to the parts of the 1795-partitioned Polish state...
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  • Hermann Niehoff (category German Army personnel of World War I)
    1945, he was the garrison commander of Fortress Breslau (Festung Breslau) during the Battle of Breslau, which he surrendered to the Soviet 6th Army on...
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  • Bridge of Spies (film) (category Films scored by Thomas Newman)
    Retrieved April 7, 2016. "Steven Spielberg in Wrocław" (Press release). Breslau: Official website of Wrocław. October 24, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2016...
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    "Robin Wright Penn Files for Divorce". People. Retrieved May 4, 2017. Breslau, Karen (September 2009). "Robin Wright Penn Goes It Alone". More. Archived...
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    Intelligence quotient (redirect from I Q)
    his term for a scoring method for intelligence tests at University of Breslau he advocated in a 1912 book. Historically, IQ was a score obtained by dividing...
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    immediately left Rossbach and marched for 13 days to the outskirts of Breslau. There he met the Austrian army at the Battle of Leuthen; he employed similar...
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    shortly before the invasion. They held onto the fortresses of Glogau, Breslau, and Brieg, but abandoned the rest of the province and withdrew into Moravia...
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  • The Guns of August (category History books about World War I)
    steamer which had witnessed the Gloucester's action against Goeben and Breslau. Among its passengers were the daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren...
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    Prussians swept through the province, taking control of the capital at Breslau without a fight on 2 January 1741. The fortress at Ohlau was also taken...
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  • Rudolphi, Ignatii, Balthasaris, Ertz-Hertzogs von Oesterreich. (in German). Breslau 1716. Works by and about Archduke Leopold Johann of Austria in the Deutsche...
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    Ruth Irene Kalder [de], a beautician and aspiring actress originally from Breslau (or Gleiwitz; sources vary). Kalder first met Göth in 1942 or early 1943...
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