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(y hän´ l t´v kh b rk´härt) (KEY) , 1784–1817, European explorer, b. Switzerland, educated in Germany. Supported by an English association for ...
1862–1947, American educator, president of Columbia Univ. (1902–45), b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1882; Ph.D., 1884). Holding a Colum...
(bûr´ , b ´r ) (KEY) , 1525–84, English navigator. Under the direction of Richard Chancellor he was master of the Edward Bonaventure, the first s...
1883–1949, American economic geographer, grad. Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio. He studied forestry at Yale and agriculture and economics at the Un...
1866–1935, American educator, b. Providence, R.I., grad. Harvard, 1887. He taught (1888–1924) in the English department at Harvard and there conce...
1919–88, American educator and public official, b. Longmeadow, Mass., grad. Yale (A.B., 1941) and Harvard (LL.B., 1948). He was a professor of law a...