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Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.
Gog and Magog. Giants of Albion.
Gogol, Nikolai. 1809-52. Russian Realist writer. Dead Souls 1842.
Gold Coast. 1481 Portugal. 1642 Dutch. 1874 Britain. 1957 Independent +British Togoland = Ghana.
Goths. Germanic people of S Scandinavia. Invaded Europe, 3-4C. Visigoths and Ostrogoths.
GPU. 1922-23. Russian Secret Police. OGPU.
Gräfe, Albrecht. 1828-70. German ophthalmologist. Glaucoma, 1857. Cataract treatment, 1867.
Great Leap Forward. 1958-61. Failed Chinese program for increased output by communes.
Great Society. 1965-9. US program of social reforms. War on poverty.
Grimm, Wilhelm. 1786-1859, Jacob 1785-1863. German writers of fairy tales 1812, founders of the German philology.
Hadley, George. 1685-1768. English climatologist: explained trade winds.
Hall, G. Stanley. 1844-1924. US child psychologist. Founded American Journal of Psychology 1887.
Haller, Albrecht von. 1708-77. Swiss anatomist. “Father of experimental physiology”.
Halley, Edmund. 1656-1742. English astronomer who explained comets 1705. First meteorological chart 1686.
Hammerstein, Oscar. 1895-1960. US librettist. Oklahoma! 1943. Rogers.
Harnack, Adolf von. 1851-1930. German theological historian. History of Dogma 1886-9.
Harrison, William. 1773-1841. US Pres 1841. Elected on slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”. Died of pneumonia caught at inauguration.
Hart, Lorenz. 1895-1943. US lyricist. Rogers. Pal Joey 1940.
Haussman. Baron. 1809-91. Parisian town plan, 1852. Opera House. Bois de Boulogne.
Hebbel, Friedrich. 1813-63. German psychological poet, playwright. Nibelungen 1862.
Hegel, G.W.F. 1770-1831. German Idealist philosopher: Dialectical Reasoning: thesis vs antithesis = synthesis. Dialectical Materialism. “Universe is evolving from first cause toward self awareness and freedom. In man, God becomes aware of Himself”. Phenomenology 1806. Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1817. Philosophy of History 1830.
Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus.
Hermetic Texts. 1/3 C Egyptian astrology and magic books.
Hesse, Hermann. 1877-1962. German/Swiss writer of psychological, mystical. Siddharta 1922. Steppenwolf 1927. Magister Ludi 1943.
