Wolff
Americannoun
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Christian von Baron. Also 1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.
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Kaspar Friedrich 1733–94, German anatomist and physiologist.
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Wolff is an imperfect source; he’s previously been accused of making up quotes.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The journalist Michael Wolff, who has been chronicling Trump for years, says he obtained both letters while writing a book about the president’s 2024 campaign.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wolff immediately phoned Marco Antonelli, to tell him the "very big news".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
By now, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff was already thinking that Antonelli would be his next F1 driver, potentially a replacement for Lewis Hamilton.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In 1768, the Berlin embryologist Caspar Wolff tried to finesse an answer by concocting a guiding principle—vis essentialis corporis, as he called it—that progressively shepherded the maturation of a fertilized egg into a human form.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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