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1860–1936, British scientist, b. Edinburgh; father of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane. He made many important contributions to mine safety, investigat...
(p l äNtôN´ d lägärd´) (KEY) , 1827–91, German Orientalist. Lagarde was one of the most important biblical critics and Middle Eastern philolo...
(r ´ bärb ´sä) (KEY) , 1849–1923, Brazilian jurist, writer, and statesman. He was largely responsible for the republican constitution of Brazil...
(l ´d ) (KEY) , 1823–91, American scientist, b. Philadelphia, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania medical school. From 1853 he taught anatomy at his alma m...
(k p´r ) (KEY) , 1897–1991, American film director, b. Bisaquino, Sicily. One of the preeminent Hollywood directors of the 1930s and 40s, he produc...
1913–93, American physician and biologist, b. Flushing, New York. In his youth he often accompanied his physician father on his rounds and decided e...