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(m ´khail bar ´´shn käv´) (KEY) , 1948–, Russian-American dancer and choreographer, b. Riga, Latvia. He studied in Riga and performed with the ...
(j k´) (KEY) , 1895–1982, American chemist, b. Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada, grad. Univ. of California (B.S., 1920; Ph.D., 1922). A member of the f...
1920–, American biologist, b. Shanghai, China. As researchers at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle, Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs discovered a biologi...
1841–1900, American copper magnate, b. Ireland. He went to New York City at 15 and later moved to California, where he worked as a miner. He was emp...
one of the Twelve Apostles, called Didymus. According to John, he refused to believe in the resurrection until he saw Jesus’ wounds; hence the expre...
(y ´hän r ´dôlf glou´b r) (KEY) , 1604–70, German alchemist. A forerunner of scientific chemists, Glauber made many practical advances in analy...