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1905–89, British economist. A statistics professor at Cambridge Univ. (1931–37), he taught in Australia and Great Britain until 1952, serving as e...
(k nfy ´sh s) (KEY) , Chinese K’ung Ch’iu or K’ung Fu-tzu [Master K’ung], c.551–479? B.C., Chinese sage. Positive evidence concerning the l...
(kr ´r r) (KEY) , 1827–89, American capitalist and philanthropist, b. New York City. Crerar was a manufacturer in Chicago, and gave liberally to ma...
1832–1919, English chemist and physicist. After serving at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, and teaching chemistry at Chester Training College, he...
(ch p´ nd l´´) (KEY) , 1718–79, celebrated English cabinetmaker. His designs were so widely followed that a whole general category of 18th-centur...
(m sh l´ sh väly ´) (KEY) , 1806–79, French economist. An ardent Saint-Simonian as a youth, he later favored a form of welfare capitalism. He adv...