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1859–1926, American prison reformer, b. Auburn, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1884. As chairman (1913) of the state commission on prison reform he became a v...
1728–99, Scottish chemist and physician, b. France. He was professor of chemistry at Glasgow (1756–66) and from 1766 at Edinburgh. He is best know...
1627–91, Anglo-Irish physicist and chemist. The seventh son of the 1st earl of Cork, he was educated at Eton and on the Continent and conducted most...
(p ´n boush) (KEY) , 1940–, German dancer and choreographer. After training with Kurt Jooss, she studied in New York with Antony Tudor, Paul Taylo...
1863–1947, American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer, b. Dearborn, Mich.
The Inception of the Ford Motor Company
Ford showed mechani...
(f f) (KEY) , c.1768–1854, American cabinetmaker, b. Scotland. He emigrated to America c.1783, settling at Albany, N.Y., where he was apprenticed to...