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(g ´l n) (KEY) , c.130–c.200, physician and writer, b. Pergamum, of Greek parents. After study in Greece and Asia Minor and at Alexandria, he retur...
(n ls h n´r k ä´b l) (KEY) , 1802–29, Norwegian mathematician. While a student at the Univ. of Christiania (Oslo) he did fundamental work on the ...
(n t´ôl) (KEY) , 1862–1937, American-British bacteriologist, b. San Francisco, M.D. Univ. of California, 1884, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1890. In...
1908–77, American movie star, b. San Antonio, Tex., as Lucille le Sueur. After working as a Broadway chorus dancer, Crawford began making films in 1...
pseud. Rolf Boldrewood (r f bôl´d rw d´´, rôlf) (KEY) , 1826–1915, Australian author. A squatter, a magistrate, and a commissioner in the gold ...
(1862–1943), German mathematician, professor at Königsberg (1886–95) and Göttingen (1895–1930), b. Königsberg, Germany. His proof of the theo...