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(j ´k ch täkä´m n ´´) (KEY) , 1854–1922, Japanese chemist. He served (1881–84) as chemist in the employ of the Japanese government and (188...
(zhôz f´ n s fôr´ ny ps) (KEY) , 1765–1833, French chemist who originated a process of photography (see photography, still). In 1826 he produced...
in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother...
(l m nt´) (KEY) , 1870–1948, American banker, b. Claverack, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1892. Lamont entered (1903) the banking business in New York City ...
1898–1990, American business executive, b. New York City. He began in his father’s pharmaceutical business and then expanded it into the Soviet Un...
(shwäb) (KEY) , 1862–1939, American steel magnate, b. Williamsburg, Pa. He started as a stake driver in Andrew Carnegie’s steelworks and rose to ...