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1868–1914, American industrial chemist and educator b. Brantford, Ont., grad. Univ. of Toronto (B.A., 1892). He was professor at the Univ. of Kansas...
1888–1958, British explorer, b. Australia. He made a number of trips to Antarctica and to the Arctic. Valuable experience gained when he accompanied...
(p ´g ) (KEY) , 1877–1959, British economist, grad. King’s College, Cambridge. He was a lecturer at University College, London, and at Cambridge....
or Tien Shan (both: t n shän) (KEY) [Chin.,=celestial mountains], mountain system of central Asia, extending c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) from the Pamir M...
1847–1922, American scientist, inventor of the telephone, b. Edinburgh, Scotland, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh and University College, London;...
(hwän s bästyän´ d l kä´n ) (KEY) , c.1476–1526, Spanish navigator, the first to circumnavigate the globe. Under Magellan he commanded the Con...