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(d ´s n) (KEY) , 1868–1939, English astronomer, b. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, grad. Cambridge. He was astronomer royal of Scotland (1905–10) and of Engla...
(n l´ k nz) (KEY) , 1737–1823, English sculptor, b. London. He studied in Rome and in 1770 returned to London, where he became the most fashionable...
1846–94, Scottish biblical scholar and Orientalist. He studied for the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. From 1870 he was professor of Orient...
(s näl ´ä) (KEY) , state (1990 pop. 2,204,054), 22,582 sq mi (58,487 sq km), W Mexico, on the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. Culiacán i...
common name for a shore bird of the family Scolopacidae (sandpiper family), native to the Old and New Worlds. The common, or Wilson’s snipe (Capella...
(m ´r ts f n shv nt) (KEY) , 1804–71, Austrian historical painter and illustrator of the romantic school. Best known for the imagination and streng...