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1823–81, American railroad president, b. Fort Loudon, Pa. He was employed by the Pennsylvania RR as a station agent in 1850 and rose to become gener...
(g l´br th) (KEY) , 1908–, American economist and public official, b. Ont., Canada, grad. Univ. of Toronto (B.S., 1931), Univ. of California (M.S.,...
1778–1829, English chemist and physicist. The son of a woodcarver, he received his early education at Truro and was apprenticed (1795) to a surgeon-...
(g ´th lz) (KEY) , 1858–1928, U.S. army engineer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. West Point, 1880. After serving on various inland water projects, he was...
(s b´ n) (KEY) , 1821–81, American bibliophile, b. England. Sabin came to the United States in 1848 and established himself as a dealer in rare boo...
( l ´äs mäng´n s fr s) (KEY) , 1794–1878, Swedish botanist. He taught (1834–59) at the Univ. of Uppsala. Fries originated the modern classific...