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1905–90, American film actress, b. Stockholm, Sweden, as Greta Gustafsson. Garbo’s success in the Swedish film The Atonement of Gösta Berling (19...
(hä´räl höf´d ng) (KEY) , 1843–1931, Danish philosopher. He was professor at Copenhagen (1883–1915). His histories of philosophy have been en...
(b n ´t h r ´n m f h ´ m nt n ´gr ) (KEY) , 1676–1764, Spanish Benedictine scholar and critic, abbot at Oviedo, Asturias. Feyjóo led in br...
1852–1919, American philosopher, born and educated in Germany. For many years he was editor of the Open Court and the Monist, periodicals devoted to...
(b k´ r k´´) (KEY) , 1929–, American composer, arranger, and conductor, b. Kansas City, Mo. He began his career playing piano with jazz bands in ...
(Benjamin David Goodman), 1909–86, American clarinetist, composer, and band leader, b. Chicago. Goodman studied clarinet at Hull House. In Chicago h...