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1877–1965, American educator, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., Barnard, 1899; Ph.D., 1908). She was professor of English at Barnard from 1900...
(p ´bäd , –b d ), 1857–1944, American educator, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Cheltenham College, 1876, LL.B. Cambridge, 1880. Ordained (1885) in the E...
(hoil) (KEY) , 1672–1769, English writer on games, b. London. He codified the rules of whist in his book A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist (1742...
(zhäN´ môn ´) (KEY) , 1888–1979, French economist and public official, proponent of European unity. In World War I, Monnet served on the Inter-A...
the use of biological processes, as through the exploitation and manipulation of living organisms or biological systems, in the development or manufac...
(äm r ´g v sp t´ch ) (KEY) , 1454–1512, Italian navigator in whose honor America was named, b. Florence. He entered the commercial service of th...