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1864–1912, American financier, b. Rhinebeck, N. Y.; son of William Backhouse Astor (1829–92). He served in the Spanish-American War. Drowned in th...
(h ´b r) (KEY) , 1937–, German biochemist. After receiving his doctorate at Munich Technical Univ., he worked both there and at the Max Planck Inst...
1804–84, Italian ballerina, b. Stockholm. Taglioni is considered the first and foremost ballerina of the romantic period. She made her debut in Vien...
(stän slä´ kän-n t-tsä´r ) (KEY) , 1826–1910, Italian chemist. From 1861 he was professor at Palermo and from 1871 at Rome, where he was also...
1829–92, American financier and sportsman, b. New York City. The son of William Backhouse Astor (1792–1875), he was a retiring man, notable princi...
(mäks y ´hän z ´g sm nd sh l´ts ) (KEY) , 1825–74, German biologist, director of the Anatomical Institute at Bonn from 1859. He established tha...