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(käm ´y p sär ´) (KEY) , 1830–1903, French impressionist painter, b. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. In Paris from 1855, he came under the influenc...
(zhül s môN´) (KEY) , 1814–96, French statesman. His full name was Jules François Simon Suisse. He taught philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1839 t...
(brä´´m g p´t ) (KEY) , c.598–c.660, Indian mathematician and astronomer. He wrote in verse the Brahma-sphuta-siddhanta [improved system of Brah...
(shm t-r t´l f) (KEY) , 1884–1976, German painter and woodcut artist. Schmidt-Rottluff cofounded and named the Brücke in 1905. After moving to Ber...
1873–1944, American political leader, b. New York City. Reared in poor surroundings, he had no formal education beyond grade school and took various...
(skâr´ br ) (KEY) , Stone Age village, on Mainland in the Orkney Islands, N Scotland. Dating from c.3200 to 2200 B.C., the village was preserved un...