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(l b) (KEY) , 1859–1924, American physiologist, b. Germany, M.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1884. He came to the United States in 1891 and taught at Bryn ...
(py r s môN´ märk ´ d läpläs´) (KEY) , 1749–1827, French astronomer and mathematician. At 18 he went to Paris, proved his gift for mathemati...
(zhäN bät st´ py r äNtwän´d môn ´, sh väly ´ d lämärk´) (KEY) , 1744–1829, French naturalist. He is noted for his study and classific...
(py r shärl l môny ´) (KEY) , 1715–99, French astronomer. For many years he was professor of physics at the Collège de France. He studied the mo...
(zhôrzh, äb ´) (KEY) , 1894–1966, Belgian astrophysicist, mathematician, and Catholic priest. In 1927 he became professor of astrophysics at the ...
(ürb N´ zhäN zhôz f´ l v ry ´) (KEY) , 1811–77, French astronomer who made calculations that led to the discovery of the planet Neptune. In co...