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Böhme

American  
[bey-muh, boh-, -muh] / ˈbeɪ mə, ˈboʊ-, ˈbœ mə /

noun

  1. Jakob 1575–1624, German theosophist and mystic.


Böhme British  
/ ˈbøːmə /

noun

  1. Jakob (ˈjaːkɔp). 1575–1624, German mystic

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A research team led by astrophysicist Lukas Böhme at Bielefeld University has now found new answers, ones that challenge the established standard model of cosmology.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

“This is a very thorough study, and I full trust the genetic results,” says Wolfgang Böhme, an honorary staff member and senior herpetologist at the Museum Koenig in Germany in an email.

From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024

Ricarda Böhme, a prosecutor, said in an interview that given “the objective overall view of his public statements” the judge could in “no way be able to reach an unbiased decision” on such matters.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

Recently, Böhme and her colleagues focused on the geological record in western Iran, where sediments chronicle repeated long-term changes in climate.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2021

Nevin's father provided for his son both vocal and instrumental instruction, even taking him abroad for two years of travel and music study in Dresden under Von Böhme.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert