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fl. 5th cent., Byzantine historian. His Ecclesiastical History (in Greek, 7 vol.) continues the work of Eusebius for the period from 305 to 439. The w...
(s t´w ) (KEY) or Akyab ( k y b´) (KEY) , city (1983 pop. 107,607), capital of Rakhine State, W Myanmar, at the mouth of the Kaladan River and on t...
(sk g´w ´´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 692), Skagway-Yakutat census div., SE Alaska, in the Panhandle, at the head of Lynn Canal; founded 1897. It is ...
1838–1921, American astronomer, b. Thetford, Vt. After serving as observer at Dearborn Observatory, Chicago (1877–81, 1882–84), and as astronome...
(s ´bät) (KEY) , river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed on the Ethiopia-Sudan border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Baro and Pibor rivers. It fl...
1941–, American molecular geneticist, b. New York City, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1966. He worked (1968–71) as a researcher at the National Inst...