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(Basileios Zacharias) (z ´h r f´´) (KEY) , 1850–1936, international financier and munitions manufacturer, b. Anatolia, Turkey, probably of Greek-...
(h nz´l ) (KEY) , 1796–1861, English botanist. He was professor of mineralogy (1822–27) and of botany (1827–61) at Cambridge Univ. Henslow was ...
(gä täN´ v s´tr s) (KEY) , 1729–1808, Italian-French classical dancer, b. Florence. Vestris was one of the greatest dancers of the 18th cent. Bo...
1907–, American economist, b. Vienna, Austria. After receiving a doctorate in international and public law from Frankfurt Univ. (1931), Drucker was ...
(âr´´ st t´ l s k´r t z n s´ s) (KEY) , 1906?–75, Greek shipowner and financier, b. Turkey. Leaving Turkey after the Turkish defeat of Greek ...
(p ´bäd , –b d ), 1795–1869, American financier and philanthropist, b. South Danvers (now Peabody), Mass. At the age of 11 he was apprenticed to...