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<html> <head> <title>University of Marburg</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> University of Marburg EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Location: <a href="/geo/977/000112641/" class=proflink>Marburg, Germany</a> Founding Date: 1527Enrollment: 20,000Official Website: <a href="http://www.uni-marburg.de/">http://www.uni-marburg.de/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000107750/">Hannah Arendt</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1975</tt></td> <td>Origins of Totalitarianism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000117936/">Karl Barth</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>Church Dogmatics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000086985/">Gottfried Benn</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1956</tt></td> <td>Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000099141/">Ferdinand Braun</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td>Rectifier effect in semiconductors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000100124/">Adolf Butenandt</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1995</tt></td> <td>Research in sex hormones</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000100076/">Hans Fischer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td>Synthesized hemin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/964/000093685/">Hans-Georg Gadamer</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-2002</tt></td> <td>Truth and Method</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/818/000169311/">Kurt Gerstein</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1945</tt></td> <td>Holocaust collaborator and whistleblower</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000099887/">Otto Hahn</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Demonstrated fission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000101645/">Patrick Hamilton</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1504</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Feb-1528</tt></td> <td>Scottish Lutheran martyr</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000276079/">Jules A. Hoffmann</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Innate immunity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000170023/">Hans Jonas</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1993</tt></td> <td>Gnostic philosopher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/448/000118094/">Alexander Kluge</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Yesterday Girl</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/437/000042311/">Mikhail Lomonosov</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1711</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1765</tt></td> <td>Early father of Russian poetry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/876/000168372/">Cameron Munter</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Serbia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000029704/">Boris Pasternak</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1960</tt></td> <td>Doctor Zhivago</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000172334/">Julius Plücker</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1801</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1868</tt></td> <td>Analytical geometry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000134664/">Robert Siodmak</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1973</tt></td> <td>The Killers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/423/000048279/">Leo Strauss</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1973</tt></td> <td>Patron saint of Neoconservatism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000100327/">Georg Wittig</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1987</tt></td> <td>Wittig Reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/913/000100613/">Friedrich Wöhler</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1800</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1882</tt></td> <td>Artificial creation of urea</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/554/000100254/">Karl Ziegler</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1973</tt></td> <td>Researcher in plastics</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/612/000107291/">Emil von Behring</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1917</tt></td> <td>Created diptheria innoculation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000099141/">Ferdinand Braun</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td>Rectifier effect in semiconductors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000095615/">Robert Wilhelm Bunsen</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1811</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1899</tt></td> <td>Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/964/000093685/">Hans-Georg Gadamer</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-2002</tt></td> <td>Truth and Method</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/029/000125651/">Albrecht Kossel</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1927</tt></td> <td>Chemistry of tissues and cells</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000128123/">Otto Loewi</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1961</tt></td> <td>Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/558/000096270/">Denis Papin</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1647</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1712</tt></td> <td>Steam engine innovator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000213024/">Alfred Wegener</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Nov-1930</tt></td> <td>Continental drift</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000100327/">Georg Wittig</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1987</tt></td> <td>Wittig Reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000103953/">Christian Wolff</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td 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