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1791–1883, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. New York City. After achieving success in the glue business, Cooper, with two pa...
(kr ng´kw st, kr n´–) (KEY) , 1919–92, American systematic botanist. He was the author of two introductory botanical textbooks, with Henry Allan...
(k d´ h ´´) (KEY) , 1841–1910, American meat packer, b. Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. He went (1849) to Milwaukee and after 1856 worked for meatpacking ...
(päm´f l kästäl´d ) (KEY) , c.1398–c.1490, Italian humanist and printer. He was the first printer of the city of Milan. Some credit him with t...
1847–1938, American economist, b. Providence, R.I. He studied economics in the U.S. and Germany, and taught at Columbia Univ. and several other coll...
1873–1975, American physical chemist, b. Hudson, Mass., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1896. He joined the General Electric Company in...