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(märs l´ s) (KEY) , 1961–, American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer, b. New Orleans. Born into a distinguished jazz family, he studied classic...
1907–2003, American actress, b. Hartford, Conn. She made periodic stage appearances from 1928 on and debuted in the first of her 43 films in 1932; i...
(pyô´t r yä´k vly v ch chädä´y v) (KEY) , 1794–1856, Russian philosopher. An aristocrat by birth, he was converted to Roman Catholicism. In 1...
1909–88, American analytical philosopher, b. Baku, Russia (now Baky, Azerbaijan), grad. Cambridge Univ., Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1939. He taught at t...
(k lp ´tr k) (KEY) , 1871–1965, American philosopher, b. White Plains, Ga., grad. Mercer College, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1912, and studied at Johns ...
1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, ...