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(kr ´r r) (KEY) , 1827–89, American capitalist and philanthropist, b. New York City. Crerar was a manufacturer in Chicago, and gave liberally to ma...
(both: m lkyôr´r j ´yä) (KEY) , 1767–1829, Italian economist and political theorist. An early advocate of the unification of Italy, he was seve...
1844–1919, American botanist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1866. His chief contributions were made in the study of cryptogamic and parasitic plants. Ma...
(k nfy ´sh s) (KEY) , Chinese K’ung Ch’iu or K’ung Fu-tzu [Master K’ung], c.551–479? B.C., Chinese sage. Positive evidence concerning the l...
1834–1906, American merchant, b. Conway, Mass. In 1856, after five years’ apprenticeship in a general store in Pittsfield, Mass., he went to Chica...
1895–1986, American economist, administrator of the Office of Price Administration (1941–42), b. Millville, N.J. An official of the Russell Sage F...