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1675–1729, English philosopher and divine. His chief interest was rational theology, and, although a critic of the deists, he was in sympathy with s...
1932–2003, American singer and songwriter, b. Kingsland, Ark. Born to a farm family, he went to Memphis in 1955 and recorded hits such as “I Walk ...
(fränts br ntä´n ) (KEY) , 1838–1917, German philosopher and psychologist. He was a teacher (1866–73) at Würzburg, and in 1874 he became profe...
(l k ´n v skôn´t ) (KEY) , 1906–76, Italian film director and writer, b. Milan as Luchino Visconti de Modrone. One of Italy’s most acclaimed d...
(mäx d swär,´) (KEY) , 1867–1947, German philosopher. He earned doctorates from the universities of Berlin (philosophy, 1889) and Würtzburg (med...
(gôt´l p fr ´g ) (KEY) , 1848–1925, German philosopher and mathematician. He was professor of mathematics (1879–1918) at the Univ. of Jena. Fre...