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(kärn ´g , kär´n g ) (KEY) , 1835–1919, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Dunfermline, Scotland. His father, a weaver, found it incr...
(bâr´ n) (KEY) , 1855–1928, American financial editor, b. Boston. He worked on the Boston Daily News, then on the Evening Transcript, and in 1887 ...
1832–1904, American financier, b. Queenstown, Ireland. He was in business in England and Peru before establishing (1865) W. R. Grace & Company in Ne...
1893–1969, husband-and-wife dance team. Vernon Castle was an English dancer, who studied civil engineering before turning to the stage and making hi...
(zhôz f´ lw pr st) (KEY) , 1754–1826, French chemist. He was professor of chemistry at the artillery school in Segovia, Spain, and director of th...
1804–68, American merchant and banker, b. East Windsor (in the section now South Windsor), Conn. In 1822 he entered the shipping business with his b...