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c.1594–1668, British settler in North America, considered by many to be the first printer in the English American colonies. He came to Massachusetts...
(d pô´) (KEY) , 1822–87, American manufacturer, b. Salem, Ind. At first successful at banking, he later established a plate-glass works at New Alb...
(d v n´ ) (KEY) , 1828–1914, American printer, b. Stamford, Conn. He learned his trade in the office of the Newburgh (N.Y.) Gazette and in 1848 en...
(dän ´l vä) (KEY) , 1904?–97, Russian-American ballerina. She entered (1923) the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, was a member (1924–29)...
(py r sämü l´ dü pôN d n m r´) (KEY) , 1739–1817, French economist, one of the physiocrats. Early in his career he attracted the attention of...
(fräNswä´ d d ´) (KEY) , 1689–1757, Parisian printer. The son of a printer, Denis Didot, he was the first of the family to win fame in his craft...