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(y ´hän b rn´härt f sh´ r f n r´läkh) (KEY) , 1656–1723, the leading Austrian baroque architect. After studying in Rome he returned to Vienn...
(k s´ bôm´´, –boum´´) (KEY) , 1932–, U.S. senator from Kansas (1979–97), b. Topeka, Kans. A Republican and the daughter of Kansas governor...
(zhôrzh özh n´ bärôN´ smän´) (KEY) , 1809–91, French civic official and city planner. Distinguished for his bold alterations in the layout ...
1893–1953, American anthropologist, b. Philadelphia, B.A. Swarthmore College, 1915, Ph.D. Harvard, 1925. He was (1922–28) assistant curator at the...
1881–1955, British anthropologist. He did fieldwork in the Andaman Islands and in Australia. Radcliffe-Brown fostered the development of social anth...
1868–1954, German linguist and anthropologist, a Roman Catholic priest. Educated at the universities of Berlin and Vienna, he entered the Society of...