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(s t n´dr pr sän´ô s n´hä) (KEY) , 1864–1928, Indian statesman. A successful lawyer, he was the first Indian to hold several important admini...
agreement or covenant by which men are said to have abandoned the “state of nature” to form the society in which they now live. The theory of such...
(h s ´p r b ´rä, h s ´, j z p´p ) (KEY) , c.1590–1652, Spanish baroque painter. He studied in Valencia and Rome but at an early age settled in...
(zhäk säräz N´) (KEY) , 1588–1660, French sculptor and painter, a founder (1648) and rector (1654) of the Académie royale. He spent years (1610...
1625–54, Dutch animal and landscape painter and etcher. In The Hague he enjoyed the patronage of the prince of Nassau, for whom he painted the celeb...
1823–1913, English naturalist. From his study of comparative biology in Brazil and in the East Indies, he evolved a concept of evolution similar to ...