Leiden (/ˈlaɪdən/ LY-dən, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛidə(n)] ; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South...
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Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. It was founded as a Protestant...
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The Sorrows of Young Werther (redirect from Die Leiden des jungen Werthers)
The Sorrows of Young Werther ([ˈveːɐ̯tɐ]; German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), or simply Werther, is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang Goethe...
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Leiden University Library, VLQ 79, also called the Leiden Aratea, is an illuminated copy of an astronomical treatise by Germanicus, based on the Phaenomena...
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The Siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish under Francisco de Valdez attempted...
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John of Leiden (born Johan Beukelszoon; 2 February 1509 – 22 January 1536) was a Dutch Anabaptist leader. In 1533 he moved to Münster, capital of the Prince-Bishopric...
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The Leiden scale (°L) was used to calibrate low-temperature indirect measurements in the early twentieth century, by providing conventional values (in...
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Factor V Leiden (rs6025 or F5 p.R506Q) is a variant (mutated form) of human factor V (one of several substances that helps blood clot), which causes an...
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Leyden jar (redirect from Leiden jar)
A Leyden jar (or Leiden jar, or archaically, Kleistian jar) is an electrical component that stores a high-voltage electric charge (from an external source)...
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The Leiden school is a school of thought in linguistics that models languages as memes or benign neurological parasites, and tries to use rigorous mathematical...
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The Leiden algorithm is a community detection algorithm developed by Traag et al at Leiden University. It was developed as a modification of the Louvain...
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Ipuwer Papyrus (redirect from Papyrus Leiden 334)
The Ipuwer Papyrus (officially Papyrus Leiden I 344 recto) is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus made during the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and now...
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universities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Leiden University 60-77 Leiden University 31-44 Leiden University 61-88 UA- Virtual HUB Research universities...
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The Leiden Conventions or Leiden system is an established set of rules, symbols, and brackets used to indicate the condition of an epigraphic or papyrological...
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Leiden University Libraries is a library founded in 1575 in Leiden, Netherlands. It is regarded as a significant place in the development of European culture:...
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Wireless Leiden is a wireless community network in Leiden, Netherlands. The Wireless Leiden Foundation (founded in 2002) set up a Wi-Fi wireless network...
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ZZ Leiden Basketball, also known as Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, is a professional basketball club based in Leiden, Netherlands. The club plays in the BNXT...
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The Hortus botanicus of Leiden is the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the southwestern...
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3 October Festival (category Culture in Leiden)
Festival (Dutch : 3 Oktoberfeest or simply 3 Oktober, also Leidens Ontzet) is a festival in Leiden, the Netherlands. It is held annually during the days leading...
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Jeffrey Leiden is an American physician, scientist and businessman who is the executive chairman of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company based...
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Thomas Kaplan (redirect from Leiden Collection)
later inspired him to found the field conservation group Panthera and The Leiden Collection, the world's largest private grouping of works from the Dutch...
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The CWTS Leiden Ranking is an annual global university ranking based exclusively on bibliometric indicators. The rankings are compiled by the Centre for...
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Leyden cheese (redirect from Leiden (cheese))
cow's milk. It is made both in factories and on farms, historically in the Leiden area. Leidse kaas is the most common type of komijnekaas—cheese including...
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Fijnschilder (redirect from Leiden fijnschilder)
The Fijnschilders (literally "fine-painters"), also called the Leiden Fijnschilders ('Leidse Fijnschilders'), were Dutch Golden Age painters who, from...
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Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) (section Leiden)
to the Netherlands around 1607–08 and lived in Leiden, Holland, a city of 30,000 inhabitants. Leiden was a thriving industrial center, and many members...
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Leyden Street (redirect from Leiden Street)
Broad Street. It was named Leyden Street in 1823, but it is also known as Leiden Street or The Street. The Pilgrims began laying out the street before Christmas...
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The Weesp–Leiden railway (Dutch: Schiphollijn) is a railway line in the Netherlands which runs between the cities of Weesp and Leiden; the line also passes...
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Brill Publishers (redirect from Leiden, Brill)
of books and journals. Brill was founded in 1683 in Leiden, Netherlands. With offices in Leiden, Boston, Paderborn and Singapore, Brill today publishes...
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Leiden Observatory (Dutch: Sterrewacht Leiden) is an astronomical institute of Leiden University, in the Netherlands. Established in 1633 to house the...
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The New Sorrows of Young W. (redirect from Die neuen Leiden des jungen W)
The New Sorrows of Young W. (German: Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.) is a 1972 novel by the East German author Ulrich Plenzdorf. In the beginning, Edgar...
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