Vasily Radlov

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13 Buildings That Tell Berlin’s Story

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These 6 Paintings Shine a Light on Berlin’s Past

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A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

14 Tough Questions Answered

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What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

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Also Known As	Wilhelm Radloff • Vasily Vasilyevich Radlov
Born	January 17, 1837 • Berlin • Germany
Died	May 12, 1918 (aged 81) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Subjects Of Study	Turkic peoples • folklore

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Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta

Angolan scholar

Óscar Ribas

Portuguese-Angolan folklorist

Ovid Densușianu

Romanian author

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm

German author, folklorist, and philologist

Wilhelm Carl Grimm

German author, folklorist, and philologist

Elijah Bokher Levita

Italian grammarian

Johannes Reuchlin

German humanist

Theodor Benfey

German scholar

Otto von Böhtlingk

Russian linguist

Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke

Swiss-German linguist

Martin Heinrich Klaproth

German chemist

Friedrich Christian Diez

German scholar

Wilhelm Gesenius

German biblical critic

Johann Christoph Adelung

German scholar

Achim von Arnim

German writer

Julius Pokorny

European linguist

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Norwegian author

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

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Francis Horace Vizetelly

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Samuel Johnson

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