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1864–1945, American astronomer, b. Meigs co., Ohio, studied at the Univ. of Cincinnati (1883–84, 1886–87). He was superintendent of instrument c...
(m där´d rôs´s ) (KEY) , 1858–1928, Italian sculptor. A painter until 1883, he turned to sculpture and worked periodically in Paris but lived m...
(kôn´rät f n g s´n r) (KEY) , 1516–65, Swiss scientist and bibliographer. Gesner was noted for his scholarship and erudition in almost every fie...
sum set apart periodically from the income of a government or a business and allowed to accumulate in order ultimately to pay off a debt. A preferred ...
( l s´s äldr vän´d ) (KEY) , 1522–1605, Italian naturalist, professor at the Univ. of Bologna. He instigated the establishment (1567) of the Bo...
c.1719–1806, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Ireland. He settled in Pennsylvania in his y...