Ludwig Albert Ganghofer

Ludwig Albert Ganghofer (* 7. Juli 1855 in Kaufbeuren; † 24. Juli 1920 in Tegernsee) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, der durch seine Heimatromane bekannt geworden ist. Seine Eltern waren der Ministerialrat August Ganghofer (später Leiter der Königlich Bayerischen Forstverwaltung, dem 1887 der nicht erbliche Adelstitel Ritter verliehen wurde) und dessen Frau Karolina (Rufname Charlotte), geb. Louis. Einen Teil seiner Kindheit (1859–1865) verbrachte Ludwig Ganghofer in Welden bei Augsburg. Nach dem Abitur am Königlich-Bayerischen Gymnasium im Jahr 1873 in Regensburg arbeitete er ein Jahr als Schlosser und Monteur in einer Augsburger Maschinenfabrik. 1875 begann er ein Maschinenbaustudium am Polytechnikum in München, wechselte jedoch später zu Literaturgeschichte und Philosophie in München, Berlin und Leipzig. 1879 promovierte er in Leipzig. Sein erstes Schauspiel „Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau“ schrieb Ganghofer 1880 für das Münchner Gärtnerplatztheater. Es wurde dort 19 Mal...

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ron mael

In collaboration with vocalist brother Russell, composer/keyboardist Ron Mael was the mastermind behind the skewed pop smarts and wiseguy wordplay of cult favorite Sparks. Born August 12, 1950, in Culver City, CA, Mael spent his childhood modeling young men\'s apparel for mail-order catalogues; while attending UCLA in 1970, he and Russell formed their first group, Halfnelson. Although Todd Rundgren produced the band\'s self-titled 1971 debut, their quirky, tongue-in-cheek art pop initially failed to find an audience. After their manager successfully convinced the Maels to change the group\'s name, however, Sparks almost reached the Hot 100 with the single \"Wonder Girl.\" 1972\'s sublimely bizarre A Woofer in Tweeter\'s Clothing cemented the band\'s cult status, and scored another near-hit with \"Girl From Germany.\" Following the Maels\' relocation to England, 1974\'s glam-bubblegum opus Kimono My House reached the Top Five on the U.K. album charts and spawned two major British hits,...

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John Stuart Mill

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Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi, (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, theologian, and mystic. Rūmī is a descriptive name meaning "the Roman" since he lived most of his life in an area called Rūm because it was once ruled by the Byzantine Empire. According to tradition, Rumi was born in Balkh, Khorasan (now in Afghanistan), the hometown of his father's family. Scholars, however, argue that he was most likely born in Wakhsh, a small town located at the river Wakhsh in what is now Tajikistan. Wakhsh belonged to the larger province of Balkh, and in the year Rumi was born, his father was an appointed scholar there. Both these cities were at the time included in the Greater Persian cultural sphere of Khorasan, the easternmost province of historical Persia, and were...

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