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1826–86, American educator, b. Ashfield, Mass., grad. Amherst, 1848, and studied chemistry and botany at Göttingen (Ph.D., 1852). He taught at Amhe...
1792–1839, American clergyman and educator, b. Brattleboro, Vt. Ordained a Methodist minister in 1818, he rapidly became a leader of that denominati...
1847–1931, American inventor, b. Milan, Ohio. A genius in the practical application of scientific principles, Edison was one of the greatest and mos...
1880–1941, English economist and financier. Active in many national and international economic commissions, he had an important part in the framing ...
1839–93, American educator, philanthropist, and soldier, b. Hawaiian Islands, of missionary parents, grad. Williams, 1862. He served in the Union ar...
(kär´st n n ´b r) (KEY) , 1733–1815, German traveler in Arabia. He was sole survivor of a party of five (of whom the best known was Peter Forskal...