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(y ´hän l t´v kh ´m l) (KEY) , 1852–1926, Danish astronomer, b. Copenhagen, who worked in Great Britain. He was assistant astronomer at the ear...
1887–1975, English biologist and writer, educated at Oxford; grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley. He taught at the Rice Institute, Houston, Tex. (1912â€...
name given by European traders to the coast bordering the Bight of Benin on the Gulf of Guinea, W Africa. It was the principal source of slaves from W...
(sköv´d ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 30,540), Skaraborg co., S Sweden, midway between lakes Vänern and Vättern. During the Middle Ages many pilgrims ...
(m ´häly m n´käch ) (KEY) , 1844–1909, Hungarian genre and historical painter, whose original name was Michael Lieb. In 1868 he went to Düssel...
1861–1945, English caricaturist and illustrator. He was principal cartoonist for Punch from 1891 until his death. Partridge began his career by desi...