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Karl Koenig explores the personal stories of twenty-nine pioneers whose work and experiences helped shape the late nineteenth-century.

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Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) Austrian writer and painter
Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) Founder of homeopathy
Helen Keller (1880–1968) Deaf-blind author and political activist
Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849) Austrian physician and philosopher
Josef Breuer (1842–1925) Austrian physician who laid the foundations of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Founder of psychoanalysis
Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) German poet and medical writer
Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902) German anthropologist and biologist
Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911) German philosopher
Rudolph Wagner (1865–1864) German anatomist and physiologist
Alma Mahler (1879–1964) Austrian socialite
Lou Salomé (1861–1937) Russian-born psychoanalyst and writer
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Austrian-Bohemian composer
Marie Eugenie delle Grazie (1864–1931) Writer and dramatist
Karl Eugen Neumann (1865–1915) Translator of Buddhist writings
Robert Owen (1771–1858) Industrialist and social reformer
Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937) Anglo-German diplomat and arts patron
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) English naturalist
Charles Grant (1841-1889) Scottish poet and literary critic
Adolf von Hildebrand (1847–1921) German sculptor
Anton Dohrn (1840–1909) German Darwinist
Hans von Mareés (1837–1887) German painter
Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859–1922) German surgeon and writer

At the Threshold of the Modern Age

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      Publisher: Floris Books
      Publication Date: 17/11/2011
      ISBN13: 9780863158452, 978-0863158452
      ISBN10: 0863158455
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Karl Koenig explores the personal stories of twenty-nine pioneers whose work and experiences helped shape the late nineteenth-century.

      Table of Contents

      Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) Austrian writer and painter
      Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) Founder of homeopathy
      Helen Keller (1880–1968) Deaf-blind author and political activist
      Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849) Austrian physician and philosopher
      Josef Breuer (1842–1925) Austrian physician who laid the foundations of psychoanalysis
      Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Founder of psychoanalysis
      Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) German poet and medical writer
      Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902) German anthropologist and biologist
      Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911) German philosopher
      Rudolph Wagner (1865–1864) German anatomist and physiologist
      Alma Mahler (1879–1964) Austrian socialite
      Lou Salomé (1861–1937) Russian-born psychoanalyst and writer
      Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Austrian-Bohemian composer
      Marie Eugenie delle Grazie (1864–1931) Writer and dramatist
      Karl Eugen Neumann (1865–1915) Translator of Buddhist writings
      Robert Owen (1771–1858) Industrialist and social reformer
      Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937) Anglo-German diplomat and arts patron
      Charles Darwin (1809–1882) English naturalist
      Charles Grant (1841-1889) Scottish poet and literary critic
      Adolf von Hildebrand (1847–1921) German sculptor
      Anton Dohrn (1840–1909) German Darwinist
      Hans von Mareés (1837–1887) German painter
      Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859–1922) German surgeon and writer

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