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Osteoderms Osteoderms are bony deposits forming scales, plates or other structures in the dermal layers of the skin. Osteoderms are found in many groups of extant and extinct reptiles, including lizards, various groups of dinosaurs (most notably ankylosaurs and stegosaurus), crocodylians, phytosaurs, aetosaurs, placodonts, and Nanchangosaurus (a marine reptile with possible ichthyosaur affinities).
Osteodontokeratic industry The Osteodontokeratic industry is a theoretical construct of the anthropologist, Raymond Dart. He proposed that certain jagged animal bones and horns found at the Makepansgat hominid site represent pre-lithic artifacts with which Australopithecus murdered and cannibalized his fellow Australopithecines.
Osteology Osteology is the scientific study of bones. A subdiscipline of anthropology (US) archeology (EU), osteology is a detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification (from cartilaginous molds), the resistance and hardness of bones (biophysics), etc.
Osteon Osteons (also called Haversian system in honor of Clopton Havers) are predominant structures found in some lamellar or compact bone. Osteons are found in many of the bones of many mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians running in a meandering way but generally parallel to the long axis of bones.
Osteopathic medicine Osteopathic medicine (formerly known as osteopathy) is "a complete system of medical care with a philosophy that combines the needs of the patient with current practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics. The emphasis is on the interrelationship between structure and function, and has an appreciation of the body’s ability to heal itself.
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (abbreviated as OMM) is a manual modality of treatment used to improve the impaired or altered function of the musculo-skeletal system (somatic dysfunction). With roots in ancient Greek "frictions," manual manipulation has long been a part of health care.
Osteopathy Osteopathy is a theory of disease and method of cure founded on the assumption that deformation of some part of the skeleton and consequent interference with the adjacent nerves and blood-vessels are the cause of most diseases. (Oxford English Dictionary).
Osteophone An osteophone is an instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head. This is useful for people deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing, and as an alternative to headphones which leaves the ears unobstructed.
Osteoprotegerin Osteoprotegerin, also known as osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor (OCIF), is a cytokine and a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily. Osteoprotegerin inhibits the differentiation of macrophages into osteoclasts and also regulates the resorption of osteoclasts in vitro and in vivo.
Osteosclerosis Osteosclerosis is normally detected on an X-ray as an area of whiteness, and is where the bone density has significantly increased. Localized osteosclerosis can be caused by injuries that compress the bone, by osteoarthritis, and osteoma.
Osteotomy An osteotomy is a surgical operation whereby a bone is cut to shorten, lengthen, or change its alignment. It is sometimes performed on a hallux valgus, or to straighten a bone that has healed crookedly following a fracture.
Osteria del Circo Osteria del Circo is a circus themed restaurant in Manhattan and Las Vegas (at the Bellagio) owned and operated by Sirio Maccioni and his family. They opened the restaurant after the first incarnation of Le Cirque closed.
Osterland Osterland is a historical region in present-day eastern German states of Thuringia and Saxony. It lay between the Elbe and Saale rivers to the north of Pleissnerland which it later absorbed and it included the city of Leipzig.
Osterode (district) Osterode is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim and Goslar, and by the state of Thuringia (districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld).
Osterrath Osterrath is the family name of a stained glass workshop operating from Tilff, Belgium beginning in the final part of the 19th century. Their works were in the neo-gothic style of the period and samples or their works can be seen in cathedrals in Liège, Belgium and in many religious constructions in surrounding cities in Europe.
Osterville, Massachusetts Osterville is a village in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Located on the south side of Barnstable, Osterville is primarily residential and includes inlets and harbors for fishing and boating and a small business district.
Ostflucht The Ostflucht (flight from the East) was a movement by residents of the historically eastern German regions, such as East Prussia, West Prussia, Silesia and Province of Posen beginning around 1850, to the more industrialized western German Rhine and Ruhr provinces. Along with ethnic Germans, many of those migrating to the Ruhr were originally of Polish ethnicity or of mixed German-Slavic ancestry, so-called Ruhrpolen.
Ostia (Australian darkwave band) Ostia is the name of an Australian band from the early nineties. Part of a group of Australian darkwave artists such as Big Electric Cat and Ikon who all enjoyed considerable international success at the heyday of the goth music wave in the mid-90's.
Ostia (modern district) Ostia is a large neighborhood in the comune of Rome, Italy, on the coast facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. Ostia is also the only municipio of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea and this is why most of the Romans go there to spend the summer holidays.
Ostinato In music, an ostinato (derived from Italian: "stubborn", compare English: obstinate) is a motif or phrase which is persistently repeated at the same pitch. The repeating idea may be a rhythmic pattern, part of a tune, or a complete melody.
Ostinato (band) Ostinato is an American Indie rock band, formed in Virginia in 1997. They have self released records, recorded for Exile On Mainstream Records out of Berlin and currently have full worldwide distribution through Southern Records.
Ostional Wildlife Refuge The Ostional Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, was originally declared a protected area in 1982, and its status has been changed several times since then, including covering a larger area both on land and out to sea. It was created to protect important nesting beaches of the marine turtle Lepidochelys olivacea.
Ostkreuz Ostkreuz (German for "East Cross") is a station on the Berlin S-bahn suburban railway, and one of the busiest in all Germany. The station is located in the former East Berlin district of Friedrichshain, now part of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
Ostlandkreuz Ostlandkreuz (East Country Cross) is the name of memorial crosses remembering the expulsion of the German people from the Czech Lands, specifically Südmähren, the districts of Znaim, Nikolsburg, Neubistritz, and Zlabings. There are at least two East Country Crosses in Germany, at Geislingen an der Steige and at Schorndorf.
Ostlegionen Ostlegionen or Ostgruppen (literally "Eastern Legion") were conscripts and volunteers from occupied territories who fought in the Wehrmacht of the Third Reich during the Second World War. They were poorly paid, clothed, fed, armed and treated.
Ostmärkische Sturmscharen Ostmärkische Sturmscharen was a political paramilitary force founded on December 7, 1930 in Innsbruck, Austria, recruited from the Katholische Jugend (Catholic Youth), later from journeymen and teacher organisations, forming an opposition to the Heimwehr. Kurt Schuschnigg was its "Reichsführer".
Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau GmbH, (East Mecklenburg Aircraft Works Limited) was a light aircraft manufacturer in Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The company was commonly known as OMF Aircraft.
Ostoja-Ostaszewski Ostoja-Ostaszewski is a Polish noble family originating from the village Ostaszewo, 100 km north of Warsaw. In 19th century its main branch owned lands in the Austrian Galicia, among others villages Wzdow (with the family palace and gardens) and Klimkowka.
Ostpolitik Ostpolitik (German for Eastern Politics) describes the politics of the "Change Through Rapprochement" principle, - as verbalised by Egon Bahr in 1963 - by the effort of Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), to normalise his country's relations with Eastern European nations (including the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany).
Ostprignitz-Ruppin Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the districts MĂĽritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts
Ostraca House Ostraca of Samaria are Sixty-four legible ostraca which were found in Samaria. These are written in early Hebrew characters, which very closely resemble those of the Siloam Inscription, but show a slight development of the cursive script.
Ostracism Ostracism (Greek ostrakismos) was a procedure under the Athenian democracy in which a prominent citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the victim, ostracism was often used pre-emptively.
Ostracoderm Ostracoderms ("shell-skinned") are any of several groups of extinct, primitive, jawless fishes that were covered in an armor of bony plates. They belong to the taxon Ostracodermi, and their fossils are found in the Ordovician and Devonian Period strata of North America and Europe.
Ostracon An ostracon (Greek: ostrakon, plural ostraka) is a piece of pottery (or stone), usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In archaeology, ostraca may contain scratched-in words or other forms of writing which may give clues as to the time when the piece was in use.
Ostracon (disambiguation) An ostracon is a piece of either unfired or ceramic pottery from a broken ancient vase or other vessel; a potsherd; also the name for a 'limestone sherd'. Particularly used to describe such fragments which have writing or designs painted or inscribed on them.
Ostrander Lake Ostrander Lake is located in Yosemite National Park, approximately 10 miles south of Yosemite Valley and 10 miles east of the Badger Pass Ski Area, at an elevation of 8500 feet. The lake is a popular destination for cross-country skiers during the winter.
Ostrava Ostrava () () (German: Ostrau, Polish: Ostrawa) is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is located at the confluence of the Ostravice, Oder and Opava rivers.
Ostravice River Ostravice (, ) is a river in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It originates in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and then flows through Ostravice, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frýdek-Místek and Paskov to Ostrava where it enters the Oder as its right tributary.
OstrĂłda OstrĂłda (until 1946: ) is a town in OstrĂłda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,603 inhabitants as of January 1 2005. It lies in the Masurian Lakeland region and is a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings.
Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław Ostrów Tumski ("Cathedral Island", ), in Wrocław, Poland, is the oldest part of Wrocław. Built on what used to be an island ("ostrów", in old Polish), it was an early crossing point on the Oder River.
OstrĂłw Wielkopolski OstrĂłw Wielkopolski (often abbreviated OstrĂłw Wlkp., formerly called only OstrĂłw or Ostrowo, Latin: Ostrovia) is a town in central Poland with 73,100 inhabitants (2005), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Ostreidae The members of the family Ostreidae are the true oysters, and include all the species that are commonly eaten under the title "oyster". They do not include the pearl oysters; these species are only distantly related to the true oysters, since although they are also bivalves, they are members of the family Pteriidae, in the order Pterioida.
Ostriak Ostriak, or остриак in the original Russian, refers to leisure, wit and/or humor. It is used variously around the internet and in print to refer to humorous writings, as a name given to characters in online fiction and role-playing games, and is the shared surname of both a thoroughbred racehorse and a prominent Philadelphia criminal and civil rights Attorney, Richard Ostriak .
Ostrich algorithm In computer science, the "Ostrich" algorithm is not an algorithm, but rather a strategy of ignoring potential problems on the basis that they may be exceedingly rare - "to stick your head in the sand and pretend that there is no problem". This assumes that it is more cost-effective to allow the problem to occur than to attempt its prevention.
Ostrich fern The Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is a crown-forming, colony-forming fern, occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
Ostrich guitar Ostrich Guitar is an alternative guitar tuning in which all the guitar strings are tuned to the same note (often D). The term was coined by The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed after the pre-Velvet Underground song The Ostrich by Lou Reed and The Primitives, on which this tuning was first used, and applied on the album The Velvet Underground and Nico.
Ostrich Inn The Ostrich Inn is a pub located in Colnbrook, England. The present pub dating from the 15th century stands on the site of an earlier Inn, in which King John is said to have quaffed ale on his way to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.
Ostrich Media Ostrich Media is a British company, best known as the owner of interactive quiz show, Quiz Call. Up until October 2006, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of 4Ventures Limited, which is itself a subsidiary of the public-service commercial broadcaster Channel 4 Television Corporation.
Ostro Ostro is the traditional Italian name of a southerly wind in the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Adriatic. Its name is derived from the Latin name Auster, which also meant a southerly wind and is part of the etymology of Austria.
Ostrobothnia (historical province) Ostrobothnia, In Swedish Österbotten (literally "East (of) Bottom / the Gulf of Bothnia") or Pohjanmaa in Finnish (literally "Bottom land / soil / ground"), is a historical province to the north in Finland. It borders on Karelia, Savonia, Tavastia and Satakunda in the south, and on Västerbotten in Sweden, and Laponia in the north.
Ostrog Bible The Ostrog Bible () was one of the earliest East Slavic translations of the Bible and the first complete printed edition of the Bible in Old Church Slavonic, published in Ostrog, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, by the Russian printer Ivan Fyodorov in 1581 with the assistance of the Ukrainian Prince Konstantin Ostrogski.
Ostrog monastery The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church placed against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog (Sveti Vasilije Ostroški).
Ostrogoth The Ostrogoths (Greuthung, Gleaming Goths or Eastern Goths), in distinction from the Visigoths (Noble Goths or Western Goths), were a Germanic tribe that influenced political events of the late Roman Empire. An older appellation, "Greutungi" (possibly "those of the steppe"), gave way to Ostrogothi "eastern Goths" (cf.
Ostrogothic Kingdom The Ostrogothic Kingdom was the kingdom built by the Ostrogoths. With the migration of the Ostrogoths, it dominated Italian peninsula and neighboring areas during 489 to 553 after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
OstroĹľac castle The castle of OstroĹľac is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Una-Sana Canton just outside of the town of Cazin, near the village of OstroĹľac. The castle dates back to the 1500s when the Ottoman Turks established the Ottoman province of Bosnia.
Ostrołęka Ostrołęka () is a town in northeastern Poland on the Narew river, about 120 km northeast of Warsaw, with a population of 54,129 (2005) and area 29 km². Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Ostrołęka Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Ostrołęka County Ostrołęka County is a powiat in northern part of the Masovian Voivodship in Poland. The county seat is the city of Ostrołęka and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat
Ostrołęka Voivodeship Ostroleka Voivodeship (Polish: województwo ostrołęckie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Ostroleka.
Ostromir Gospel The Ostromir Gospel is the oldest dated East Slavic book (and the second-oldest extant book after the Novgorod Codex discovered in 2000). It was created by deacon Gregory for his patron, Posadnik Ostromir of Novgorod, in 1056 or 1057.
Ostropol Ostropol (Osterpolye), also known as Staryy Ostropil, is a small town on the Sluts River located in the Khmelnytsky Oblast about 222 km WSW of Kiev, Ukraine. It is located at Latitude 49°48' N, Longitude 27°34' E and is situated at an altitude of 225 m.
Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District) Ostrov, formerly Ostrov nad Ohří (German: Schlackenwerth), is a town in the Carlsbad Region, Czech Republic. It is located at foothill of Ore Mountains about 10 km northeast of Karlovy Vary and has a population of 17,193 (2005).
Ostrowski Prize The Ostrowski Prize is a maths award given every other year by an international jury from the universities of Basel, Jerusalem, Waterloo and the academies of Denmark and the Netherlands. Alexander Ostrowski, a longtime professor at the University of Basel, left his estate to the foundation in order to establish a prize for outstanding achievements in pure mathematics and the foundations of numerical mathematics.
Ostrya virginiana Ostrya virginiana (American Hophornbeam), is a species of Ostrya native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and eastern Wyoming, southeast to northern Florida and southwest to eastern Texas. Other names include eastern hophornbeam, hardhack (in New England), ironwood, and leverwood.
Ostryopsis Ostryopsis is a small genus of two species of deciduous shrubs belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. The species have no common English name, though Hazel-hornbeam has been suggested, reflecting their similarities to the closely related Hazels and Hop-hornbeams.
Ostsiedlung Settlement in the East (), also known as German eastward expansion, refers to the eastward migration and settlement of Germans into regions inhabited since the Great Migrations by the Balts, Romanians, Hungarians and, since about the 8th century, the Slavs.Wallbank and Schrier, Living World History, pp.
Oststeinbek Oststeinbek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km east of the center of Hamburg, directly on the border between Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.
Ostuni Ottavianello Ostuni Ottavianello is an Italian red wine from the Province of Brindisi in Puglia, which achieved Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) status in 1972. The zone of production is limited to the communes of Ostuni, Carovigno, San Vito dei Normanni and San Michele Salentino, plus parts of the communes of Brindisi, Latiano and Ceglie Messapica.
Ostvorpommern Ostvorpommern is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Demmin and Nordvorpommern.
Ostwald ripening Ostwald ripening is an observed phenomena in solid solutions which describes the evolution of an inhomogenous structure over time. When a phase precipitates out of a solid, energetic factors will drive some precipitates to grow, drawing from the others, which shrink.
Osu Sukam Osu Sukam is an ex-chief minister of the state of Sabah, Malaysia. Until July 14, 2005, he was a member of a ruling United Malays National Organization Party, which he resigned from due to gambling debts totalling at least U.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (sometimes referred to as Ouendan) is a rhythm video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS video game console in 2005, for release only in Japan. Ouendan stars a cheer squad rhythmically cheering for various troubled people.
Osumi class LST The Osumi class LST (), is a Japanese amphibious assault ship. While the JMSDF describes the Osumi class as tank landing ships, they lack the bow doors and beaching capability traditionally associated with LSTs.
Osumi, Kagoshima Ōsumi (大隅町; -chou) was a town located in Soo District, Kagoshima, Japan. On July 1, 2005 the town merged with two other towns forming the city of Soo and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Osusu Osusu is a form of microfinancial capital accumulation found in Africa. "Osusus" (known as tontines in francophone countries) are small groups such as in Sierra Leone 'where, for example, ten people put Le 5,000 in a pot and then one of the ten takes the resulting Le 50,000 for his or her own use, promising to put in Le 5,000 at the next group meeting to continue the process.
Osvald Chlubna Osvald Chlubna (July 22 1893 - October 30 1971 Brno) was a prominent Czech composer. Intending originally to study engineering, Chlubna switched his major and from 1914 to 1924, he studied composition with Leoš Janáček.
Osvald Teshik Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik is a Star Wars Expanded Universe character, a Grand Admiral of the Imperial Starfleet. He was one of the original 12 Grand Admirals, raised to that newly-created rank by the Emperor after the Battle of Yavin.
Osvaldo Andrade Osvaldo Andrade is the current Minister of Labor in the government of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. After studying law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Andrade joined the Socialist Party in 1968.
Osvaldo Pugliese Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (December 2, 1905 - July 25, 1995) was an Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of saloon tango but also heralded the development of concert-style tango music.
Oswal The Oswal are a social group (and caste) of people from the Indian States of Rajasthan, Gujarat (Halar and Kutch regions) and Punjab who are primarily Jain in religion. Their rituals with respect to birth, marriage, and death are strongly influenced by the Hindu culture.
Oswald (TV series) Oswald is an animated children's show on Nick Jr about a blue octopus and his friends, that first aired August 1, 2001. The show was created by Dan Yaccarino and is co-produced by Nickelodeon and HIT Entertainment.
Oswald Austin Reid Oswald Austin Reid (November 2, 1893 - October 27, 1920) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Oswald Baker Father Oswald Baker (1915–2004) was a controversial Catholic priest who lived in Downham Market in Norfolk. He made headlines in the 1970s when he refused to say the new vernacular Mass and insisted on saying the traditional Latin Mass.
Oswald Boelcke Oswald Boelcke (19 May, 1891–28 October, 1916) was a German flying ace of the First World War and one of the most influential patrol leaders and tacticians of the early years of air combat. Boelcke is considered the father of the German fighter air force; he was the first to formalise the rules of air fighting, which he presented as the Dicta Boelcke.
Oswald Haselrieder Oswald Haselrieder (born August 22, 1971 in Völs-Fié allo Sciliar) is an Italian luger. Together with Gerhard Plankensteiner he won the bronze medal in the Men's Doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Oswald Hope Robertson Oswald Hope Robertson (2 June 1886 – 23 March 1966) was an English-born medical scientist who pioneered the idea of blood banks in the "blood depots" he established in 1917 during service in France with the US Army Medical Corps.
Oswald Chettle Mazengarb Oswald Chettle Mazengarb (1890-1963) was a New Zealand barrister. His other well-known public appointment was in 1954, by the National government of the time, to chair the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents, otherwise better known as the Mazengarb Report.
Oswald Külpe Oswald Külpe (August 3, 1862–December 30, 1915) was one of the structural psychologists of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was influenced strongly by his mentor Wilhelm Wundt, but later disagreed with Wundt on the complexity of human consciousness that could be studied.
Oswald Lohse Wilhelm Oswald Lohse (February 13,1845 – May 14,1915) was a German astronomer. He first worked at the Botham Observatory, and starting in 1874 at the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory, being its Chief Astronomer at the time of his death.
Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British politician known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. He was also the sixth baronet of a title established in 1720.
Oswald Rufeisen Oswald Rufeisen 1922-1998, also known as Brother Daniel was born to a Jewish family living in Poland, near Oświęcim. To escape Nazi persecution, he hid in a monastery for over a year; during this time he decided to convert to Catholicism.
Oswald Sanderson Oswald Sanderson was an American businessman, born in 1836, he is best known for being the son of Harry Sanderson and being involved in the Sanderson family business of shipbuilding, and his later involvement in the Wilson Line of Hull.
Oswald Skippings Oswald O'Neil Skippings (born 1953) is a politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands. He served as the island territory's Chief Minister from 19 June 1980 to November 1980 and again from 3 March 1988 to April 1991.
Oswald Spengler Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (Blankenburg am Harz May 29, 1880 – May 8, 1936, Munich) was a German historian and philosopher whose interests also included mathematics, science, and art. He is best known for his book The Decline of the West in which he puts forth a cyclical theory of the rise and decline of civilizations.
Oswald Turnbull Oswald Graham Noel Turnbull (December 23, 1890 - December 17, 1970) was a male tennis player from Great Britain. He is best known for his gold medal in the men's doubles event (w/Maxwell Woosnam) at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
Oswald von Nell-Breuning Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ (March 8, 1890 - August 21, 1991) was a Roman Catholic theologian and sociologist. Born in Trier, Germany into an aristocratic family, Nell-Breuning was ordained in 1921 and appointed Professor of Ethics at the University of Frankfurt am Main in 1928.
Oswald von Wolkenstein Oswald von Wolkenstein (born 1376 or 1377 probably on Schöneck Castle in Pustertal / South Tyrol; died August 2 1445 in Merano) was a poet, a composer and a diplomat. In the latter capacity he travelled through all of Europe, even to Georgia.
Oswald Veblen Oswald Veblen (24 June 1880 in Decorah, Iowa - 10 August, 1960) was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905.
Oswald Walters Brierly Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817 - December 14, 1894), English marine painter, who came of an old Cheshire family, was born at Chester. He entered Sass's art-school in London, and after studying naval architecture at Plymouth he exhibited some drawings of ships at the Royal Academy in 1839.
Oswald Wirth A Swiss occultist who lived in France, Oswald Wirth (1860 - 1943) was an artist and author. He studied esotericism and symbolism with Stanislaus de Guaita, and created a set of Tarot trumps based on the Marseilles deck.
Oswald Wynd Oswald Wynd (1913 – 1998) was a Scottish writer, born in Tokyo of parents who had left their native Perth to run a mission in Japan. He went to school in Japan where he grew up speaking both English and Japanese.

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