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Mommsen

[ mom-suhn; German mawm-zuhn ]
/ ˈmɒm sən; German ˈmɔm zən /
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noun
The·o·dor [tey-aw-dohr], /ˈteɪ ɔˌdoʊr/, 1817–1903, German classical historian: Nobel Prize in literature 1902.
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Mommsen
/ (German ˈmɔmzən) /

noun
Theodor (ˈteːodoːr). 1817–1903, German historian, noted esp for The History of Rome (1854–56): Nobel prize for literature 1902
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