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1897–1966, American writer and social critic, b. Jasper, Fla. She was a social worker in Georgia for several years. Her bestselling novel Strange Fr...
(v l´ m d s t´ r) (KEY) , 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician. He was professor from 1908 at the Univ. of Leiden and in 1919 became dir...
(kl g) (KEY) , 1926–, British biochemist, b. Lithuania. Raised and educated in South Africa, he moved to England and completed his doctorate at Trin...
(yä´k p säns v ´n ) (KEY) , 1486–1570, Italian sculptor and architect of the Renaissance. His surname was taken in place of his own, Tatti, as ...
(s j lâr´ ) (KEY) , genus of fossil club moss allied to Lepidodendron, abundant in the Carboniferous period. The thick trunk was rarely branched an...
1859–1934, American pathologist, b. Albany, N.Y., M.D. Albany Medical College, 1883. He was professor of bacteriology at Columbian (now George Washi...