bismarck | (n) German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898), Syn. von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, Iron Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck |
cuvier | (n) French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832), Syn. Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier |
kinshasa | (n) the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville, Syn. Leopoldville |
kronecker | (n) German mathematician (1823-1891), Syn. Leopold Kronecker |
rice | (n) United States playwright (1892-1967), Syn. Elmer Reizenstein, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Rice |
stokowski | (n) United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977), Syn. Leopold Stokowski, Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski |
weismann | (n) German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914), Syn. August Friedrich Leopold Weismann |