Hess: Meaning and Definition of

Hess

Pronunciation: (hes), [key]
— n.
  1. 1890–1965, English pianist.
  2. 1883–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1936.
  3. 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1949.
  4. born 1894, German official in the Nazi party.
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