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1880–1947, American philosopher, b. Minsk, Russia, grad. College of the City of New York, 1900, Ph.D. Harvard, 1906. He emigrated to the United Stat...
(b pstr; z, bä´–) (KEY) , 1941–, American folk singer and political activist, b. New York City. Baez began singing traditional folk ballads, blu...
1891–1953, English philosopher. He became head of the department of philosophy at Birbeck College, Univ. of London, in 1930. As a rationalist, he wa...
( n s´´ d ´m s) (KEY) , Greek skeptic philosopher, fl. probably 1st cent. B.C. Thought to be a native of Knossos, Crete, he taught in Alexandria. A...
(fr ´dr kh m r´nou) (KEY) , 1889–1931, German film director, b. as Friedrich W. Plumpe. He began directing films in Germany in 1919 and went to Ho...
(gôt´l p fr ´g ) (KEY) , 1848–1925, German philosopher and mathematician. He was professor of mathematics (1879–1918) at the Univ. of Jena. Fre...