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(d n´ m) (KEY) , 1910?–, American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist, b. Chicago. She studied anthropology at the Univ. of Chicago, where sh...
(gl s, gläs) (KEY) , fl. 1747, writer of a popular English cookbook, Art of Cookery (1747). She is also credited with writing The Compleat Confection...
1811–61, American manufacturer, b. Madison, Conn. With his brother Selden he bought (1839) the lease and stock of the ironworks of Oxford Furnace, n...
[Lat. Marcus], Christian apostle, traditional author of the 2d Gospel (see Mark, Gospel according to). His full name was John Mark. His mother, named ...
(n kôlä´ äpâr´) (KEY) , also known as François Appert (fräNswä´) (KEY) , 1750–1841, French originator of a method of canning. In 1795 the ...
(s r´g l ´fär) (KEY) , 1905–86, Russian dancer, choreographer, director, teacher, and dance historian, b. Kiev. Lifar studied briefly with Broni...