Kolbe
Ge·org [gey-awrk], /geɪˈɔrk/, 1877–1947, German sculptor.
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Ultimately, Kolbe came out later that year and was the first Republican in the House to voluntarily identify as gay.
History’s Progressive Gay Politicians that Paved the Way for Mike Michaud | Brandy Zadrozny | November 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJIM Kolbe, Republican member of the House from Arizona, 1985-2007.
Father Kolbe was still alive in the cell two weeks later, after the others had all died.
The lone openly gay Republican member of Congress, Arizona's Jim Kolbe, quietly left office in 2006.
His flesh is excellent, according to the taste of the Indians and Negroes: Kolbe says, he has often eaten it with pleasure.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
She had in the meantime ceased to be a widow, and had married a widower named Christopher Kolbe.
The Life of Philip Melanchthon | Karl Friedrich LedderhoseDr. Kolbe saw the Hottentots plastering their arrows with the poison of the hooded snake.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott ElliotWhen passed through a red-hot tube with chlorine it yields carbon tetrachloride and sulphur chloride (H. Kolbe).
During the heat of excitement, Kolbe dropped the fare to three cents, which the company followed.
Looking Back | Merrick Abner Richardson
Scientific definitions for Kolbe
[ kôl′bə ]
German chemist who was the first to synthesize an organic compound from inorganic materials (1843-45). He also developed an electrolytic procedure for the preparation of alkanes, and in 1859 synthesized salicylic acid from coal tar, which laid the foundation for the development of aspirin.
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