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John M. Olin Library | MSC 1061-141-B | 1 Brookings Drive | St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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Online Biographical Reference Works
AEIOU Österreich-Lexikon
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Brockhaus Konversationslexikon - 14. Auflage (1894-1896)
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Metzler Lexikon Autoren : deutschsprachige Dichter und Schriftsteller vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
by
Bernd Lutz und Benedikt Jessing,
ISBN: 9783476023049
Publication Date: 2010
Wer ist wer? : das deutsche Who's who
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Leipzig: H.A.L. Degener; Berlin: H. Degener
ISBN: 3795020425
Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopadie
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Walther Killy (Editor)
ISBN: 3598231601
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
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