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1866–1936, American educator, friend and teacher of Helen Keller, b. Feeding Hills, Mass. Placed in Tewksbury almshouse (1876), she was later admitt...
1900–1989, American author and educator, b. Washington, D.C. He was educated (1915–19) at St. Bees School, Cumberland, England, and did graduate r...
(fr ´b sh r) (KEY) , 1535?–1594, English mariner. He went to sea as a boy, and spent much of his youth in the African trade. He later gained the fr...
1888–1959, American economist, b. Bialystok, Poland. His parents were active in the Zionist and labor movements of Eastern Europe. Perlman emigrated...
(kr m´ n) (KEY) , 1925–91, American educator and historian, b. New York City. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1949 and began teaching at Tea...
(g s´täf näkh´t gäl) (KEY) , 1834–85, German explorer in Africa. He went (1869) on a mission for the king of Prussia to the sultan of Bornu. He...