Johann Christophe Andreas Mayer (8 December 1747 – 5 November 1801) was a German anatomist. Mayer worked in Berlin and later Frankfurt. In 1788, he was the first European to recognize that fingerprints were unique to each individual.
Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (baptised 1 January 1720, buried 25 July 1759) was a German organist, bass singer, and composer. He was a student, copyist and son-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach.
A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. The recovery of partial fingerprints from a crime scene is an important method of forensic science. Moisture and grease on a finger result in fingerprints on surfaces such...
Andreas Ludwig Joseph Heinrich Jeitteles (Czech: Ondřej Ludvík Jeitteles; 23 October 1799 – 17 June 1878) was a Czech medical doctor, author of medical literature, journalist, politician, poet and writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Justus Frey.
Hans-Christoph Rademann (born 5 August 1965 in Dresden) is a German choral conductor, currently the director of the Dresdner Kammerchor and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart.
Johann Joachim Christoph Bode (January 16, 1731 – December 13, 1793) was a well-known German translator of literary works.
Johann Andreas Sprecher von Bernegg (also Johann Andreas Sprecher; 3 November 1811 – 17 August 1862) was a Swiss lawyer and politician from the canton of Grisons. He was mayor of Chur, a member of the cantonal government, and sat in the Council of...
The Bach family is a family of notable composers of the Baroque and Classical periods of music, the best-known of whom was Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). There are surviving descendants of the Erfurt Line, such as the great-great-great-grandson...
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orchestral Brandenburg...