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(poul y ´hän än´z lm foi´ rbäkh) (KEY) , 1775–1833, German jurist; father of Ludwig Feuerbach. His work was in the field of criminal law. In K...
1890–1962, English statistician and geneticist, b. East Finchley, Middlesex, England; educated at Cambridge Univ. (1909–1915; Sc.D., 1926). From 1...
1827–1918, English lawyer. In 1877 he was made a judge of the high court of justice, and he served (1883–92) as judge of the court of appeal. Late...
(Janet Paterson Frame Clutha) (kl ´th ) (KEY) , 1924–2004, New Zealand novelist, b. Dunedin. Frame’s complex, disturbing novels are marked by sta...
(l när´d f b nät´ch ) (KEY) , b. c.1170, d. after 1240, Italian mathematician, known also as Leonardo da Pisa. In Liber abaci (1202, 2d ed. 1228...
(h r n´ m s) (KEY) , 1537–1619, Italian anatomist; pupil and successor of Fallopius and teacher of William Harvey at Padua. He was a surgeon, an e...