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(bär´´t l m ´ d ´ sh) (KEY) , d. 1500, Portuguese navigator. He was the first European to round (1488) the Cape of Good Hope, which he called Ca...
(sä´l môn ou´g st ändr ´) (KEY) , 1854–97, Swedish polar explorer. An aeronautical engineer, he was the first to attempt arctic exploration by...
(z nôb´ t ôf l´ gräm) (KEY) , 1826–1901, Belgian electrical engineer. While working as a model maker for a Parisian manufacturer of electrical ...
(v r´n r zôm´bärt) (KEY) , 1863–1941, German economist. In 1917 he became professor of economics at the Univ. of Berlin. Influenced by Marx’s ...
(kr n´d l) (KEY) , 1803–89, American educator and abolitionist, b. Hopkinton, R.I. In 1831 she opened a school for girls in Canterbury, Conn. Her d...
( m´ n kw g´y r g´r ) (KEY) , 1875–1927, African educator and missionary, b. Anamabu, Gold Coast (now Ghana). Educated at Livingstone College, h...