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1809–80, American mathematician and astronomer, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1829. From 1833 he was a professor at Harvard; he helped establish t...
(zhül äNr ´ pw Nkär ´) (KEY) , 1854–1912, French mathematician, physicist, and author. He was from 1881 connected with the faculty of sciences ...
(Julius Paulus) (pôl´ s) (KEY) , fl. c.200, Roman jurist. He was extremely prolific and is thought to have written some 300 books. His surviving wor...
(p j´ t) (KEY) , 1814–99, British surgeon and pathologist. He taught and practiced at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, and cataloged the museu...
(pä´n n ) (KEY) , fl. c.400 B.C., Indian grammarian. His Asht dhy y [eight books] (tr. 1891) is one of the earliest works of descriptive linguistic...
(f l p´ s ôr ´l s p r s l´s s) (KEY) , 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist. His original name was Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. H...