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(häns k ´nôn f n d r gä´b l nts) (KEY) , 1807–74, German linguist. Gabelentz showed the broad relationships among Pacific languages. He spoke 3...
(fôr´t sky ) (KEY) , c.1394–1476, English jurist. A supporter of the Lancastrian king Henry VI, he was chief justice of the Court of King’s Benc...
1903–98, American author and pediatrician, b. New Haven, Conn., educ. Yale (B.A., 1925) and Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D.,...
( m l l t´v kh f k´ nh m) (KEY) , 1916–2003, Canadian-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, b. Halle, Germany, grad. Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des...
1768–1830, French mathematician and physicist. He was noted for his researches on heat and on numerical equations. He originated Fourier’s theorem...
(kärl g ´g nbour) (KEY) , 1826–1903, German anatomist. A professor at the universities of Jena (1855–73) and Heidelberg (1873–1901), he was in...