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1905–89, British economist. A statistics professor at Cambridge Univ. (1931–37), he taught in Australia and Great Britain until 1952, serving as e...
1911–97, American organic chemist and educator, b. St. Paul, Minn., grad. Michigan College of Mining and Technology, 1931, Ph.D. Univ. of Minnesota,...
(äl ks ´ b nwä´ swäy ´) (KEY) , 1809–58, French chef and writer on gastronomy and dietary reform. After the Revolution of 1830 he went to Lond...
(h n´r kh än´t n d bär ´) (KEY) , 1831–88, German botanist. He was professor at the universities of Freiburg in Breisgau (1855–66) and Halle...
(p st r´, Fr. lw pästör´) (KEY) , 1822–95, French chemist. He taught at Dijon, Strasbourg, and Lille, and in Paris at the École normale supér...
(dôl´t n) (KEY) , 1766–1844, English scientist. He revived the atomic theory (see atom), which he formulated in the first volume of his New System...