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1788–1827, British explorer, b. Annan, Scotland. After serving with the British navy in East India and Canada he made two journeys to W Africa. On t...
1911–91, American economist, b. Renton, Wash., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1938. A professor at Univ. of Chicago from 1958, Stigler wrote about the econ...
(g ´ôrg m sh´al kâr´shan-sht ´´nûr) (KEY) , 1854–1932, German educational theorist. Educated in Munich, he taught math in Nuremberg and Schw...
(shärl m sh l´ äb ´ d l p ´) (KEY) , 1712–89, French pioneer teacher of deaf-mutes. A Jansenist priest, he developed a manual system of commun...
1866–1942, American educator and philanthropist, b. near Rome, Ga., Ph.D. Univ. of Georgia, 1920. Determined to provide educational opportunities fo...
1844–1931, American educator and political scientist, b. Tennessee. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and after the war graduated from Am...