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1932–, Indian economist and government official, prime minister of India (2004–), b. Gah, West Punjab. Educated at the universities of Punjab, Cam...
(sm l´ t) (KEY) , 1721–71, Scottish novelist. After studying at Glasgow he came to London in 1739. Failing to get his tragedy The Regicide produced...
(fôs´t s s s ´n s) (KEY) or Fausto Sozzini (fou´st s t-ts ´n ) (KEY) , 1539–1604, Italian religious reformer, founder of Socinianism. Socinus...
(h ´st sy ´rä) (KEY) , 1848–1912, Mexican educator and historian. He entered the literary life as a romantic poet but later devoted himself whol...
1811–84, American Methodist bishop, b. Cadiz, Ohio. In 1839 he became the first president of Indiana Asbury Univ. (now DePauw Univ.). He edited (184...
(sy ´rä mä´thr ) (KEY) , chief mountain system of Mexico, consisting of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Sierra Mad...