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| Noun | 1. Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956).[Wordnet] 2. German chemist (1818-1892).[Wordnet] 3. United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937).[Wordnet] 4. German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822).[Wordnet]. | |
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"Hoffmann" is a common misspelling or typo for: Hoffman. |
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Date "Hoffmann" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1523. (references) |
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| Arthur Hoffmann | Arthur Hoffmann (June 18, 1857 - July 23, 1927) was a Swiss politician. (references) | ||
| Arthur Hoffmann (athlete) | Arthur Hoffmann (December 10, 1887 - April, 1931) was a German athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. (references) | ||
| August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben | August Heinrich Hoffmann, who used Hoffmann von Fallersleben as his pen name, was a German poet. He was born in Fallersleben (today Wolfsburg), Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire, on April 2, 1798 and died in Corvey, Germany, on January 19, 1874. Today, he is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", which is now the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular children's songs. (references) | ||
| August Wilhelm von Hoffmann | German chemist (1818-1892). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Charles F. Hoffmann | Charles Frederick Hoffmann (1838-1913) was born in Frankfurt, Germany, 1838. After receiving an education in Engineering, he emigrated to America. In 1857 he was topographer for Frederick Landers survey to the Rocky Mountains. He came to California in 1858. He was recruited by Josiah Whitney to join the California Geological Survey because of his valuable skill as a topographer. Mr. Hoffmann is largely responsible for introducing topography to the United States. He helped explore the Sierra Nevada of California, USA from 1860 through 1870, and 1873 through 1874. As a member of the Survey, Hoffmann created the official maps from the expeditions made by the survey team. (references) | ||
| Christoph Hoffmann | Christoph Hoffmann was born on 2 December 1815 in Leonberg in the state of Württemberg, Germany. He had a Pietist-Christian background and studied theology in Tübingen. An opponent of the much better known theologian David Friedrich Strauss, Hoffmann was elected to the First National German Parliament, which met in Frankfurt in 1848. (references) | ||
| E. T. A. Hoffmann | German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann | German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann | German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Felix Hoffmann | Felix Hoffmann (January 21, 1868 - February 8, 1946) was a German chemist. He was born in Ludwigsburg and studied Chemistry in Munich. In 1894 he joined the Bayer pharmaceutical research facility in Elberfeld. (references) | ||
| François Benoît Hoffmann | François Benoît Hoffmann(1760-1828) was a French playwright and critic, best known today for his operatic librettos. (references) | ||
| Friedrich Hoffmann | Friedrich Hoffmann (February 19, 1660 - November 12, 1742) was a German physician. He studied and wrote on topics as pediatrics, mineral waters, and meteorology; introduced many drugs into practice (e.g. Hoffmann's anodyne, or compound spirit of ether); and was among the first to describe several diseases, including appendicitis and German measles, and to recognize the regulatory role of the nervous system. He taught and practiced at Halle from 1693. His approach to physiology was mechanistic, viewing disease as a disruption of the body's tonus (thus the term tonic for his remedies). (references) | ||
| Fritz Hoffmann | Fritz Hoffmann (June 19, 1871 - July 14, 1927) was a German athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. (references) | ||
| Gaby Hoffmann | Gabriella Mary Hoffmann (born 8 January 1982 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an actress. (references) | ||
| Heinrich Hoffmann | Heinrich Hoffmann (October 12 1885 - December 11 1957) was a German photographer. He joined the NSDAP in 1920 and was chosen personally by its new leader Adolf Hitler as his official photographer. Hoffmann became a constant companion and close friend of Hitler's, and by 1945 had taken over 2.5 million photographs of the Führer. His photographs were published as postage stamps, postcards, posters, and picture books. It was at Hoffmann's suggestion that royalties were received from all uses of Hitler's image, even on stamps, which made both himself and Hitler very rich, although Hitler was already wealthy on royalties from Mein Kampf. (references) | ||
| Ingo Hoffmann | Ingo Hoffmann was a Formula One driver from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He participated in 6 grands prix, debuting on January 25, 1976. He scored 0 championship points. (references) | ||
| Jan Hoffmann | Jan Hoffmann (*26 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German figure skater, two-time World Champion and silver medallist at the 1980 Winter Olympics. (references) | ||
| Johann Joseph Hoffmann | Johann Joseph Hoffmann (February 16, 1805 - January 23, 1878), German scholar, was born at Würzburg. (references) | ||
| Johannes Hoffmann | Johannes Hoffmann (July 3, 1867 in Ilbesheim near Landau - 1930) was a Bavarian Minister-President and member of the SPD. (references) | ||
| Josef Hoffmann | Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Josef Hoffmann | Josef Hoffmann (December 15, 1870 - May 7, 1956) was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods. He studied with Otto Wagner. (references) | ||
| Mark Dennis González Hoffmann | Mark Dennis González Hoffman (born 10th July 1984), is commonly known as Mark González. He is a Chilean footballer whose preferred position is as a left winger. (references) | ||
| Martin Richard Hoffmann | Martin Richard Hoffmann (born April 20, 1932) is a U.S. administrator. He served as the United States Secretary of the Army between 1975 and 1977. (references) | ||
| Max Hoffmann | Max Hoffmann (January 25, 1869 - July 8,1927) was a German officer and military strategist during World War I. He is widely regarded as one of the finest staff officers of the imperial period. (references) | ||
| Nelson Hoffmann | Nelson Hoffmann was born in 1939 in Roque Gonzales, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (references) | ||
| Roald Hoffmann | United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Roald Hoffmann | He was born in Zloczw, Poland (now Ukraine) and named in honor of the Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen. His family immigrated to the United States of America in 1949, where he attended Stuyvesant High School, graduating in 1955. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Columbia University (Columbia College) in 1958, and his Master of Arts degree in 1960 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree (working under the subsequent 1976 chemistry Nobel Prize winner William N. Lipscomb, Jr.) in 1962, both from Harvard University. (references) | ||
| Roy Hoffmann | Rear Admiral Roy F. "Latch" Hoffman, U.S. Navy (retired) is Chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, established May 4 2004, in opposition to John Kerry's candidacy for U.S. President. (references) | ||
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| Japanese | ホフマン (Hoffmann, Hoffman), ロアルド・ホフマン (Roald Hoffmann), ヨーハネス・ホフマン (Johannes Hoffmann). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Hoffmann. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Latin | 500 BCE - 1700 | Choloepus hoffmanni (hoffmann, Hoffmann's sloth, sloth, two-toed sloth). Additional references: Latin, Hoffmann. (volunteer) | ||
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