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1860–1930, American inventor, b. Cortland, N.Y. Although probably best known for his work on the gyroscope, he also invented the gyrocompass (1910),...
(d l´ rd) (KEY) , 1856–1940, American educator, b. Nansemond co., Va., grad. Washington and Lee Univ., 1876. Professor (1891–1907) of Latin at Tu...
(Roald Engelbregt Grauning Amundsen) (r ´äl ä´m ns n) (KEY) , 1872–1928, Norwegian polar explorer; the first person to reach the South Pole. He ...
1796–1856, British admiral and Arctic explorer. He accompanied an expedition N of Spitsbergen in 1818 and wrote an account of it in his Voyage of Di...
(mär ´ä m nt s-sô´r ) (KEY) , 1870–1952, Italian educator and physician. She was the originator of the Montessori method of education for young...
(l v´ , l ´v ) (KEY) , 1911–2000, American lawyer, legal educator, and public official, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Chicago and Yale Univ. law scho...