Ludwig
Americannoun
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Emil Emil Cohn, 1881–1948, German biographer.
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a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “famous warrior.”
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Composer Ludwig Göransson scores the breath-holding assault on Troy to drums that pound faster and faster on our nerves, as does our alarm that Odysseus’ troops aren’t the good guys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once warned that philosophical problems arise when “language goes on holiday.”
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Delphine Hennelly’s paintings at Pangée are based on famous art styles from the past, rendered in Postimpressionist brushwork and a palette that brings to mind the psychedelic-meets-seasick colors of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
It ended up with four awards -- best actor for Jordan, Coogler's prize, best score for Ludwig Goransson and best cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the first woman to ever win in that category.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
He was particularly taken with a book entitled The Myth of Progress, by Georg Henrik von Wright, a Finnish philosopher and successor to Ludwig Wittgenstein at the University of Cambridge.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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