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(hw t´ nj m, – ng- m) (KEY) , 1767–1840, English printer. He established a printery in London in 1789, removing to Chiswick and founding the Chis...
1856–1929, American librarian and museum director, b. Woodstock, Vt. He was a lawyer and a civil engineer before joining the staff of the Denver (Co...
(ch ´zär l mbrô´z ) (KEY) , 1835–1909, Italian criminologist and physician. In 1876 he published a pamphlet setting forth his theory of the ori...
(fr ´dr kh ou´g st k ´k l f n shträ´d n ts) (KEY) , 1829–96, German organic chemist. He was professor at Ghent (1858–65) and at Bonn from 18...
( z´´ dôr´ d ng´k n) (KEY) , 1878–1927, American dancer, b. San Francisco. She had little success in the United States when she first created ...
(t ´ d r shvän) (KEY) , 1810–82, German physiologist and histologist. He was a student of J. P. Müller and professor at the universities of Louva...