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(lw zhäN mär ´ d bäNtôN´) (KEY) , 1716–1800, French naturalist. He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1778; his work touched many...
(py ´tr än´j l s k´k ) (KEY) , 1818–78, Italian astronomer, a Jesuit priest. He was director of the observatory of the Gregorian Univ., Rome, ...
1790–1868, English art collector and philanthropist. He endowed the Slade professorships of fine arts at Oxford and Cambridge universities and at Un...
pottery decorated with various colors of slip, a thin mixture of clay and water. Slip may form a design on a contrasting background, or lines may be s...
fl. 2d cent. B.C., Greek astronomer, b. Nicaea, Bithynia. He is the first systematic astronomer of whom there are records. He made his observations ch...
(t m´bô) (KEY) , 1906–97, American astronomer, b. Streator, Ill. Although lacking formal training or a college degree, he was hired in 1929 as an ...