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1830–1913, American financier, b. Hopewell, near Canandaigua, N.Y. As a youth he struck out for himself in Ohio. After trying the grain and salt bus...
(ä´dôlf v n´dous) (KEY) , 1876–1959, German chemist. He was professor of chemistry and director of the chemistry laboratories at the Univ. of GÃ...
(yän bäpt s´tä vän h l´mônt) (KEY) , 1577–1644, Flemish physician, chemist, and physicist. He attributed physiological changes to chemical ca...
1934–94, American virologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1959. A professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin in Madison, Tem...
1888–1982, a founder of the English ballet, b. Warsaw as Miriam Rambam. Trained by Jacques Dalcroze in eurythmics, Rambert joined the Diaghilev Ball...
1838–1923, American scientist, b. Newark, N.J., grad. Williams College, 1860. From 1869 to 1906 he was professor of chemistry at Western Reserve Col...