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Büchner

1

/ ˈbyːçnər /

noun

  1. BüchnerGeorg18131837MGermanTHEATRE: dramatist Georg (ˈɡeːɔrk). 1813–37, German dramatist; regarded as a forerunner of the Expressionists: author of Danton's Death (1835) and Woyzeck (1837)


Buchner

2

/ ˈbuːxnər /

noun

  1. BuchnerEduard18601917MGermanSCIENCE: chemist Eduard (ˈeːduart). 1860–1917, German chemist who demonstrated that alcoholic fermentation is due to enzymes in the yeast: Nobel prize for chemistry 1907

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