Duncker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Duncker Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (February 18, 1813 – August 23, 1879) was a German publisher and bookseller. Life and family He was descended from a successful Berlin family of booksellers, born in Berlin, the son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm ...

(1813–1879), German publisher and bookseller *

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (25 March 1781 – 15 July 1869) was a German publisher and bookseller. He played an important part in the early creation and growth of the publishing firm which became , more recently the publishers of the ''Neue D ...

(1781–1869), German publisher *

Franz Duncker Franz Duncker (4 June 1822 – 18 June 1888) was a German publisher, left-liberal politicianHans-Ulrich Wehler, Deutsche Gesellschaftsgeschichte: Von der "Deutschen Doppelrevolution" bis zum Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges, 1849–1914. (= Deutsche ...

(1822–1888), German publisher, politician, and social reformer. *

Georg Duncker Paul Georg Egmont Duncker (6 May 1870, Hamburg – 28 July 1953, Ahrensburg) was a German ichthyologist. Biography He studied at the universities of Kiel, Freiburg, and Berlin, receiving his doctorate at Kiel in 1895. Following graduation ...

(1870–1953), German ichthyologist *

Hans Julius Duncker Hans Julius Duncker (26 May 1881 – 22 December 1961) was a German ornithologist, geneticist and eugenicist. Among his attempts in bird genetics was to produce a red canary by transfer of the red plumage gene from a red siskin. Early life and c ...

(1881–1961), German ornithologist *

Hermann Duncker Hermann Ludwig Rudolph Duncker (24 May 1874 – 22 June 1960) was a German Marxist politician, historian and social scientist. He was a lecturer for the workers' education movement, co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany, professor at the U ...

(1874–1960), German Marxist politician, historian and social scientist *

Joachim Zachris Duncker Joachim Zachris Duncker (12 November 1774 – 6 July 1809) was a Swedish soldier born in Ristiina in Savonia. In 1789 Duncker obtained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Savonia ranger regiment. He fought in the 1790 war against Russia and prov ...

(1774–1809), Swedish soldier *

Karl Duncker Karl Duncker (2 February 1903 in Leipzig – 23 February 1940) was a German Gestalt psychology, Gestalt psychologist. He attended Friedrich-Wilhelms-University from 1923 to 1923, and spent 1925–1926 at Clark University in Worcester, MA as a visit ...

(1903–1940), German psychologist *

Käte Duncker Käte Duncker (born Paula Kathinka Döll; 23 May 1871 – 2 May 1953) was a German political and feminist activist who became a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany and then the Communist Party of Germany. Life Provenance and ea ...

(1871–1953), German activist and politician *

Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker (15 October 1811 – 21 July 1886) was a German historian and politician. Life Duncker was born in Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, as the eldest son of the publisher Karl Duncker. He studied at the universities of ...

(1811–1886), German historian and politician *

Patricia Duncker Patricia Marjory Duncker (born 29 June 1951) is a British novelist and academic. Academic career Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the daughter of Noel Aston Duncker (1904–1973), an accountant, and Sheila Joan (née Beer) (1918–2016), a teacher, H ...

(born 1951), British novelist and academic *

Wolfgang Duncker Wolfgang Duncker (5 February 1909 – 20 November 1942) was a German film critic and journalist. The son of political activist parents, in 1929 he himself joined the Communist Party. After the Hitler government took power at the start of 19 ...

(1909–1942), German journalist and film critic

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