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(g ´ôrk z m´ l) (KEY) , 1858–1918, German philosopher and sociologist. At the universities of Berlin and Strasbourg he was an influential lecture...
town (1991 pop. 42,611), Lancashire, NW England. Skelmersdale was designated one of the new towns in 1961 to alleviate overpopulation in Liverpool and...
( ntô´ny zh z ´ dä s l´v ) (KEY) , 1705–39, Portuguese playwright, b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He belonged to a family of “New Christians” ...
(y hä´n s g ´ôrk hä´g n) (KEY) , 1847–1930, American astronomer and mathematician, b. Austria. A Jesuit, he came in 1880 to the United States ...
at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; chartered and opened 1911 as Skidmore School of Arts (for women) through a gift from Lucy Skidmore Scribner; chartered as a...
(äl-bät-tä´n ) (KEY) or Albatenius ( l´´b t ´n s) (KEY) , b. before 858, d. 929, Arab astronomer and mathematician. He is best known in astro...