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(rôs) (KEY) , 1800–1867, British astronomer and constructor of telescopes. He served as member of Parliament for King’s Co., Ireland (1821–34),...
1939–, Japanese molecular biologist, Ph.D. Univ. of California at San Diego, 1969. A member of the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland (19...
(h n´r kh v l´h lm mät ´ s ôl´b rs) (KEY) , 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician. He originated (1797) the first satisfactory method for...
or slime fungus, a heterotrophic organism once regarded as a fungus but later classified with the Protista. In a recent system of classification based...
1924–, Czech-born novelist. Skvorecky’s first novel, The Cowards (1958; tr. 1970), was banned after its publication because of its ironic portrait...
1771–1845, English clergyman, writer, and wit, ordained in the Church of England in 1794. In 1798 he went as a tutor to Edinburgh, where he studied ...