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1785–1848, American jurist and diplomat, b. Providence, R.I., grad. Rhode Island College (now Brown), 1802. After translating the Code Napoléon int...
(b v r´) (KEY) , 1787–1851, American writer on law, b. France. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1802 with his parents and later was a lawyer and jou...
1679–1766, American physician, b. Brookline, Mass. He was privately educated in medicine and settled in Boston. In an epidemic of smallpox in 1721 h...
(f l p´ d r m ´ s r d b mänwär´) (KEY) , c.1250–1296, French poet and jurist, a writer of medieval law texts. He was a judicial officer at Cl...
1908–2002, American entertainer, b. New York City as Milton Berlinger. Berle first performed in vaudeville and on (1939–48) radio. His great succe...
(ô´t m ´ rh f) (KEY) , 1884–1951, American physiologist, b. Germany, M.D. Heidelberg, 1909. He was professor at the Univ. of Kiel (1912–24) an...