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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:09
Oh, actually, one of them kind of is.

It's not his main field though.
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It's not the guy you just said.  No.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:11
Although it probably won't help, he was also a character (as himself) in a one-off novel.

Edited by James - January 11 2012 at 09:13
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Was he foremost a musician?


BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:23
Was he an engineer?
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:30
He was not a musician.  He was a form of engineer though.
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Points: 24621 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:33
Did he have a Polish surname?
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:42
Hey, if I’ not mistaken, it’s another hunchback:

Charles Proteus Steinmetz!
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:54
I guess you are right, and if your choice is "male, fictional" then I will directly go for Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notres-Dame. Wink


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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 09:55
No, his surname was Germanic.

Whoops, I was replying to s_e when my parents called and then I got interrupted by my mate getting in from work...

So the reply above is no not required.

Ref, you're amazing.  That is indeed who it is.

I found him the other day whilst finding Friede's hunchback.  How did you get him from so few clues?

Friede, from Wikipedia "He also serves as a major character in Starling Lawrence's The Lightning Keeper.[7]"

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"Steinmetz" is German and means"stonemason".


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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 10:00
I'm not sure if an induction furnace is classed as metallurgical or not.  That was one of his many patents.

Interesting fellow by the way.  I didn't even get to give you the clue about his middle name being a character from The Odyssey.


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German-born American engineer did the trick. There are quite a few hits on Wernher von Braun, of course, but Steinmetz is also on the first page.

This one is quite hard, I think:
Fictious, male

(Not Quasimodo)
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"Proteus" is a God who is known for being able to appear in many forms. In German the word "Proteusnatur" signifies a person who changes his opinions, behavior or appearance all the time..


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Is he human?
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Is he a figure from legends?


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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 10:14
Is he an earth-based creature?

What I mean by that is: is he based on an earth based animal/mammal?
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

"Proteus" is a God who is known for being able to appear in many forms. In German the word "Proteusnatur" signifies a person who changes his opinions, behavior or appearance all the time..


According to his Wiki entry: Proteus was a wise hunchbacked character from the Odyssey who knew many secrets and he felt it suited him.
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 10:19
Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

Is he human?


Yes.
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 10:20
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Is he a figure from legends?


No.
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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