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Also Known As Wilhelm der Weise • William the Wise
Born June 24, 1532 • Kassel • Germany
Died August 25, 1592 (aged 60) • Kassel • Germany

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Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
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Frederick William
elector of Hesse-Kassel
Reinhard Gehlen
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German merchant
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German-born British psychologist
Anton Fugger
German merchant
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German writer
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German geophysicist
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American clergyman
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German physiologist
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
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German artist
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American computer scientist
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Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
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German publisher [1631–1692]
Barthel Beham
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Johann Christoph Blumhardt
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