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1909–84, British stage and film actor. Mason, trained at Cambridge as an architect, became a leading man in British films in the 1940s and thereafte...
1945–81, Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist. As a member of the Wailers, a reggae band that included Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh, and...
(h lv ´sh s, Fr. kl d ädr N´ lv syüs´) (KEY) , 1715–71, French philosopher, one of the Encyclopedists. He held the post of farmer-general (i....
1904–69, American jazz musician, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He began playing saxophone at the age of 9. He was part of Fletcher Henderson’s band from 1924...
(y ´hän gôt´l p f kh´t ) (KEY) , 1762–1814, German philosopher. After studying theology at Jena and working as a tutor in Zürich and Leipzig, ...
(hw shûr) (KEY) , c.380–c.300 B.C., Chinese logician, remembered for his paradoxes. Little is known about his life, except that he was a provincia...