Fugger
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Prof Lars Fugger, paper author and MS doctor at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, says the discovery helps "demystify" the disease.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024
Dürer’s preferred medium was a special paper made by his patron, Jacob Fugger, one of the richest men who ever lived.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
Jacob Fugger, a German banker in the 15th century, “could have been a Russian oligarch, a Latin American telecoms boss or an American railroad baron from the 19th century,” Mr. Steinmetz says.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2015
Clerical offices were for sale then, and Fugger financed the purchase of an influential job — the archbishop of Mainz, one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Emperor.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2015
The Fugger family, of Augsburg, tell us again that there is nothing new in the world.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier
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