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(b k´l nd) (KEY) , 1863–1944, American chemist, b. Belgium, grad. Univ. of Ghent, 1882. In 1889 he emigrated to the United States. He founded (1893...
1803–76, American merchant, b. Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Arriving in New York c.1820, he started in business in 1823 by selling Irish laces. In ...
(h ´g sht n´ s) (KEY) , 1870–1924, German industrialist. The son of a Westphalian mine owner, he founded his own company in 1892 and rapidly expa...
1821–1900, American railroad builder, b. near Torrington, Conn. A storekeeper of Oneonta, N.Y., before he went West in the gold rush of 1849, he bec...
(d l´ nj r) (KEY) , 1902–34, American bank robber, probably b. Indianapolis. Paroled after serving a prison term for attempted robbery, Dillinger o...
(pr g´ j n) (KEY) , 1917–2003, Belgian chemist, b. Moscow. He was raised and educated in Belgium, receiving his doctorate in 1941 and joining the f...