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    August Levin von Wille (18 April 1828, Kassel - 31 March 1887, Düsseldorf) was a German landscape painter, genre artist and illustrator. He came from a...
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    character is loosely based on baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen. Born in Bodenwerder, Hanover, the real-life Münchhausen fought...
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    Clara von Wille, née Clara Maria Alexandra von Böttcher (1838 in Düsseldorf – 15 March 1883, in Düsseldorf) was a German animal painter; associated with...
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    Early industrialisation in Germany, the city of Barmen in 1870. Painting by August von Wille....
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  • The will to power (German: der Wille zur Macht) is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may...
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    well as Berlin, Dresden, Hanover, Leipzig, Mannheim and Cologne. Johann von Zimmermann founded Germany's first machine tool factory in Chemnitz in 1848...
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    Barmen in 1870. Painting by August von Wille...
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    Friedrich Gustav August Julius Philipp Rudolf von Wille, known as Fritz (21 April 1860, Weimar - 16 February 1941, Düsseldorf), was a German landscape...
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  • of Cöthen'schen Lieder. Amongst English speakers, von Schlegel's best known hymn is "Stille mein Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen" (written in 1752). It was...
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    Cotton Manufactory, built in Beverly, Massachusetts. It was started on 18 August 1788 by entrepreneur John Cabot and brothers. It was operated in joint by...
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