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(m rz) (KEY) , 1756?–1809, British naval officer, explorer, and trader. He served in the navy, in which he attained the rank of lieutenant, until af...
1835–1909, American educator and philosopher, b. Windham co., Conn., educated at Yale. He was superintendent (1868–80) of the St. Louis public sch...
1886–1939, American economist, b. South Carolina, grad. Univ. of South Carolina (B.A., 1906) and Yale (B.A., 1909; Ph.D., 1916). He was professor of...
(th ´m n) (KEY) , organic base of the pyrimidine family. Thymine was the first pyrimidine to be purified from a natural source, having been isolated ...
(môr´f ) (KEY) , 1837–84, American chess player, b. New Orleans. At 10 he learned the game and at 21 was acknowledged as the greatest player in th...
(ändr s´ b ´y ) (KEY) , 1781–1865, South American intellectual leader, b. Venezuela. In 1810 he was sent with Bolívar on a mission to London, wh...