Werner
Americannoun
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Alfred 1866–1919, Swiss chemist: Nobel Prize 1913.
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a male given name.
noun
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Abraham Gottlieb (ˈaːbrəham ˈɡɔtloːp). 1749–1817, German geologist. He emphasized the importance of field and laboratory observation for understanding the earth
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Alfred (ˈalfreːt). 1866–1919, Swiss chemist, born in Germany. He developed a coordination theory of the valency of inorganic complexes: Nobel prize for chemistry 1913
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“Ghost Elephants” is what filmmaker Werner Herzog calls the subjects of his latest documentary, acknowledging in his title that the animals may not exist.
Bojan is the only foreign recipient of the Werner Holzer Award, an accolade honoring the body of work of German foreign correspondents.
Retiree Werner Strub agreed that "the conditions are so unusual that you can make an exception, because hospitals are full of people with fractures."
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“The market has cast a very broad net as to which companies can be exposed to AI risk,” said UBS analyst Michael Werner.
After scoring 28 Bundesliga goals with Leipzig in a breakout 2019-20 campaign, Werner moved to Chelsea.
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