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(fô´s t) (KEY) , 1833–84, English economist and statesman. A follower of John Stuart Mill, he was professor of political economy at Cambridge, and...
(t ´ dôr sv d´b ry , t ) (KEY) , 1884–1971, Swedish chemist. He was professor of physical chemistry from 1912 to 1949 at the Univ. of Uppsala. Fo...
( p sh´ s) (KEY) , 1st cent., Roman gourmet. He squandered most of his large fortune on feasts and then, anticipating a need to economize, committed ...
or Jesus Christ (j ´z s kr st, j ´z z) (KEY) , 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=...
1839–1909, chemist; father of Alfred Moritz Mond. He was born in Germany and became a naturalized British subject. Mond experimented with alkalies a...
1840–1907, English civil engineer. He helped build London’s underground railway, Tower Bridge, and the Blackwall Tunnel, and with Sir John Fowler ...