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1844–1910, English caricaturist and illustrator. He was associated with Punch from 1867, when he began contributing, until the end of his life, and ...
(n k-k lô´ d py ´r lämb r´t ) (KEY) , c.1370–1451, Italian sculptor and architect of the early Renaissance, sometimes called Niccolò d’Are...
watertight and airtight structure for making and storing silage. Silos vary in form from a covered pit, such as was used by the early Romans, to the m...
(läd´dzär späl-läntsä´n ) (KEY) , 1729–99, Italian naturalist. He was professor at the universities of Modena (1763–69) and Pavia (from 17...
(zhôrzh, äb ´) (KEY) , 1894–1966, Belgian astrophysicist, mathematician, and Catholic priest. In 1927 he became professor of astrophysics at the ...
1913–94, American biologist, b. Hartford, Conn., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1941. He studied zoology before teaching biology at the Univ. of Chicago (1...