Hess

American

[hes] / hɛs /

noun

Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
Victor Francis, 1883–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Austria: Nobel Prize 1936.
Walter Rudolf, 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
(Walther Richard) Rudolf 1894–1987, German official in the Nazi party.

Hess British

/ hɛs /

noun

Dame Myra. 1890–1965, English pianist
( Walther Richard ) Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1894–1987, German Nazi leader. He made a secret flight to Scotland (1941) to negotiate peace with Britain but was held as a prisoner of war; later sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials (1946); committed suicide
Victor Francis. 1883–1964, US physicist, born in Austria: pioneered the investigation of cosmic rays: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1936)

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Hess Scientific

/ hĕs /

American geologist who studied the sea floor and developed the theory of sea-floor spreading in 1960. Hess theorized that sea floors were constantly renewed by the flow of magma from the Earth's mantle through the oceanic rifts. This hypothesis became an important component of the theory of plate tectonics.

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“For me, it usually comes down to flexibility versus simplicity,” Hess said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

She says she has met "lifelong friends" there, including Richard Hess from California in the US.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The story quotes Frederick Hess, director of education policy at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, as praising the new curriculum’s use of primary sources.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Her ex’s lawyer, Matthew Hess, declined to discuss specifics but said that his client didn’t have the opportunity to present evidence and tell his side of the story because the case was dismissed early on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

I kept praying that Hess wouldn’t tell me the plot of his new script.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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