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1739–1806, Scottish cotton manufacturer and philanthropist. In 1785 he built New Lanark, a cotton mill and model community that provided his employe...
one of the Twelve Apostles. Like Peter and Andrew, he came from Bethsaida in Galilee. He is mentioned several times in the New Testament (Mat. 10.3; J...
(hü´g d vr s) (KEY) , 1848–1935, Dutch botanist. He opened a new approach to the study of evolution by using the experimental method to investig...
1883–1947, American penologist, b. Elmira, N.Y. As warden (1920–41) of Sing Sing Prison, a New York state prison located at Ossining, N.Y., he car...
( stâr´) (KEY) , 1899–1987, American dancer, actor, and singer, b. Omaha, Nebr., as Frederick Austerlitz. After 1911 he and his sister Adele forme...
(v lärd´) (KEY) , 1835–1900, American journalist and financier, b. Germany. His first name was originally Hilgard. He attended universities in Ger...