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1638–75, Scottish mathematician. He invented a reflecting telescope (1661), which he described in his Optica promota (1663). In 1668 he became profe...
(st ps) (KEY) , 1880–1958, English paleobotanist and eugenicist, b. Edinburgh, D.Sc. Univ. of London, Ph.D. Univ. of Munich. She lectured on paleobo...
1947–, American actress, b. Greenwich, Conn. She began her career in the theater, debuting on Broadway in Love for Love (1974), winning an Obie for ...
(n kôlä´ shük ´) (KEY) , c.1450–1500, French mathematician, probably b. Paris. Little is known of Chuquet’s life. At Lyons in 1484 he compose...
(s ngktôr´ s) (KEY) , Ital. Santorio, 1561–1636, Italian physiologist. He was a professor at Padua (1611–24). By his quantitative experiments i...
1837–92, English physician and laryngologist. A skillful surgeon, he was called to Germany to treat the crown prince (later Frederick III, emperor o...