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Alois Alzheimer
Psychiatrist, Neurologist / 1864 - 1915
Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist who discovered the pathological condition of dementia and diagnosed the disease that bears his name.
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(1864-1915)
Psychiatrist, Neurologist
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Ferdinand Braun
Inventor, Physicist / 1850 - 1918
German physicist Ferdinand Braun was the co-recipient of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics for his developments with wireless technology.
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(1850-1918)
Inventor, Physicist
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Journalist / 1868 - 1963
W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most important African-American activists during the first half of the 20th century. He co-founded the NAACP and supported Pan-Africanism.
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(1868-1963)
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Journalist
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Karen Horney
Academic, Psychologist, Journalist / 1885 - 1952
German-born American psychoanalyst Karen Horney, departing from some of Freud’s principles, suggested an environmental and social basis for the personality.
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(1885-1952)
Academic, Psychologist, Journalist
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Alain LeRoy Locke
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Journalist / 1886 - 1954
American educator, writer, and philosopher Alain LeRoy Locke is best remembered as the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance.
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(1886-1954)
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Journalist
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Karl Marx
Historian, Economist, Journalist / 1818 - 1883
German philosopher and revolutionary socialist Karl Marx published The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, anticapitalist works that form the basis of Marxism.
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(1818-1883)
Historian, Economist, Journalist
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Ernst Mayr
Educator, Zoologist / 1904 - 2005
Ornithologist Ernst Mayr demonstrated that the development of separate species in higher animals depends on the geographical isolation of precursor populations.
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(1904-2005)
Educator, Zoologist
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F.W. Murnau
Director / 1888 - 1931
Silent film director F.W. Murnau created the first major vampire film with 1924's Nosferatu, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stroker.
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(1888-1931)
Director
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Leo Szilard
Physicist / 1898 - 1964
A student of such famed physicists as Albert Einstein and Max Planck, Leo Szilard was key in getting the United States to work on the atomic bomb.
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(1898-1964)
Physicist
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Max Weber
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist / 1864 - 1920
Max Weber was a 19th century German sociologist and one of the founders of modern sociology. He wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in 1905.
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(1864-1920)
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist