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1781–1867, American naval officer, b. near Goshen, N.Y. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1800 and resigned after a year’s service, but reent...
(sh myänôv ´ts shläN´sky ) (KEY) , city (1991 est. pop. 80,600), l skie prov., S Poland. A center of the Katowice mining and industrial region,...
1835–1912, English scholar and philologist. Skeat took holy orders in 1860, but illness cut short his church career. At Cambridge he served as a lec...
( lyä´ y f ´m v ch ry ´p n) (KEY) , 1844–1930, Russian historical and genre painter and sculptor. He studied in St. Petersburg and abroad and be...
1893–1963, American rabbi and Zionist leader, b. Lithuania. He was taken to the United States in 1902. Educated at the Univ. of Cincinnati (B.A., 19...
in anatomy, the stiff supportive framework of the body. The two basic types of skeleton found among animals are the exoskeleton and the endoskeleton. ...