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1814–97, English mathematician. He studied at Cambridge for four years after 1831, but because degrees were limited to members of the Church of Engl...
1819–68, American dentist and physician, b. Charlton, Mass., studied at Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. He practiced dentistry in Boston, for a...
( k´w l , kw l´ p n´t k s) (KEY) , 2d cent., Jewish translator of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek. The characteristic feature of Aquilaâ...
1846–1924, American jurist, b. Halifax co., N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina (A.B., 1864; A.M., 1867). He entered the Confederate army at 15 and ...
(m ky ´ n) (KEY) , 1848–1924, Scottish surgeon. A professor of surgery at the Univ. of Glasgow, he was noted for his work on bone grafting, on the ...
1736–1808, American surgeon, b. Philadelphia, M.D. Edinburgh, 1761. A pioneer lecturer on anatomy and midwifery, he was instrumental in the organiza...