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1823–62, American lawyer, b. Jefferson co., Ga.; brother of Howell Cobb. Admitted to the bar in 1842, he edited 20 volumes of the Georgia supreme co...
1803–56, American lawyer, b. Lunenburg, Mass., grad. Harvard Law School, 1826. His best-known work is his short Manual of Parliamentary Practice (18...
(k r n´d s) (KEY) , 6th cent. B.C., Sicilian lawgiver, a native of Catana. His laws, which were admired by Aristotle, were used by the cities of Chal...
(l ôN´ shärl älb r´ kälm t´) (KEY) , 1863–1933, French physician and bacteriologist. He was founder and director of the Pasteur institutes at...
(ch n chy -shou) (KEY) , c.1202–1261, Chinese mathematician. He pioneered in the study of indeterminate analysis in his Mathematical Treatise in Nin...
(William Henry Cosby, Jr.) (k z´b ) (KEY) , 1937–, American actor, b. Philadelphia. He became known as a comedian and was subsequently the first Af...