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1685–1758, American colonial printer, b. Shropshire, England. He arrived in Boston c.1712, a refugee because of his opposition to the High Church, a...
(r kh´ärt v l´sht t r) (KEY) , 1872–1942, German chemist. He was professor at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Chemistry, Berlin (1912–16), and ...
(Alicia Martinez) (äl ´syä äl n´s , märt ´n s) (KEY) , 1921–, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, b. Havana. Alonso danced in Broadway musical...
1839–1937, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Richford, N.Y. He moved (1853) with his family to a farm near Cleveland and at age 16 went ...
1792–1875, American financier, b. New York City; son of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848). Educated in Germany, he was associated with his father in bu...
(k n´ ch f k ´ , f k´ - ) (KEY) , 1918–98, Japanese chemist, b. Nara, Japan, Ph.D. Kyoto Univ., 1948. As a professor at Kyoto Univ., Fukui devel...