Mann

American  

[mahn, man, man] / mɑn, mæn, mæn /

noun

1. Heinrich 1871–1950, German novelist and dramatist, in the U.S. after 1940 (brother of Thomas Mann).

2. Horace, 1796–1859, U.S. educational reformer: instrumental in establishing the first normal school in the U.S. 1839.

3. Thomas 1875–1955, German novelist and critic, in the U.S. after 1937: Nobel Prize 1929.

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Mann British  

/ man /

noun

1. Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1871–1950, German novelist: works include Professor Unrat (1905), which was filmed as The Blue Angel (1928), and Man of Straw (1918)

2. his brother, Thomas (ˈtoːmas). 1875–1955, German novelist, in the US after 1937. His works deal mainly with the problem of the artist in bourgeois society and include the short story Death in Venice (1913) and the novels Buddenbrooks (1900), The Magic Mountain (1924), and Doctor Faustus (1947): Nobel prize for literature 1929

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University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann noted in a post on Bluesky that other factors, such as volcanic and solar activity, could explain patterns seen in the coral record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

“The scale that creators have gotten to is ginormous,” said Sean Atkins, Dhar Mann Studios’ chief executive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

An inquest heard how three emergency calls were made when David Mann fell ill during a lesson, but ambulances were stuck outside hospitals waiting to hand over patients.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

A deal needed to be done overnight, Mann was told.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Renowned educator Horace Mann saw phrenology as “the guide to philosophy and the handmaiden of Christianity,” and Horace Greeley of “Go West, young man” fame advocated phrenology tests for all railroad engineers.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos