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(väl´t r bä´d ) (KEY) , 1893–1960, German-born American astronomer. From 1919 to 1931 he was on the staff of the Hamburg observatory; from 1931 ...
(l b) (KEY) , 1859–1924, American physiologist, b. Germany, M.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1884. He came to the United States in 1891 and taught at Bryn ...
(fräns sn ´d rs) (KEY) , 1579–1657, most celebrated Flemish still-life and animal painter, b. Antwerp. He studied with Bruegel, the younger, and H...
(y ´hän fr ´dr kh o´v rb k) (KEY) , 1789–1869, German religious painter. Expelled from the Vienna Academy because of his opposition to its class...
(fl m´st d) (KEY) , 1646–1719, English astronomer. He was appointed (1675) astronomer royal by King Charles II and carried on his researches at Gre...
(s l´ch st r) (KEY) , village, Hampshire, S England. It is noted for the ruins of the Roman-British town Calleva Atrebatum. The outside walls (2,760 ...