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(zhäN äNr ´ r z n r´) (KEY) , 1734–1806, French cabinetmaker, one of the major artists who made important contributions to the formation of the ...
(James Buchanan Brady), 1856–1917, American financier and philanthropist, b. New York City. He was a bellboy and messenger and then worked for the N...
1743–1810, American merchant, Indian agent, and land speculator, b. Philadelphia. In 1765 he went as his firm’s representative to engage in the fu...
1919–, American economist, b. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. A professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1969–83) and Georg...
1912–2004, American chemist, b. London, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1938. A professor at Wayne State Univ. (1943–47) and Purdue Univ. (1947–78), he ...
1785–1865, English botanist. A leading authority of his time on ferns, he formed a famous herbarium and built up the Glasgow Garden and the Royal Bo...