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(y by ´l d z) (KEY) , 4th cent. B.C., Greek philosopher, native of Miletus. He was a contemporary and adversary of Aristotle and was the successor of...
(fl ´ rt ) (KEY) , 1884–1951, American explorer and film producer. He was born in Michigan and grew up in Canada. He explored (1910–16) subarctic...
(äntô´ny j n v ´z ) (KEY) , 1712–69, Italian philosopher and economist, a pioneer in writing philosophy in Italian instead of in Latin. Genoves...
1893–1962, Scottish-Australian philosopher, b. Scotland. A graduate of the Univ. of Glasgow, he taught (1918–27) at the universities of Cardiff, G...
1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, ...
(k lp ´tr k) (KEY) , 1871–1965, American philosopher, b. White Plains, Ga., grad. Mercer College, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1912, and studied at Johns ...