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( ´d ärt b kh´n r) (KEY) , 1860–1917, German chemist. He taught at Berlin, Breslau, and, from 1911, at Würzburg. He discovered (1896) that alcoh...
(fr ´dr kh oug st´ fôn h ´ k) (KEY) , 1899–1992, British economist, b. Vienna. He was raised and educated in Austria and taught at the London Sc...
(yäk ´b s h ndr ´k s vänt hôf) (KEY) , 1852–1911, Dutch physical chemist. He taught at the universities of Amsterdam (1878–96) and Berlin (fr...
(märyüs´ p t pä´) (KEY) , 1822–1910, French dancer and choreographer, b. Marseilles. Petipa rose to prominence at the Imperial Theatre in St. P...
(kôn´rät sv n´h m) (KEY) , fl. 15th cent., early printer. Originally from near Mainz, Germany, Sweynheym with Arnold Pannartz established (c.1464)...
(m nd l ´ f, Rus. d m ´tr vä´n v ch my ndy ly ´ f) (KEY) , 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of the periodi...