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(gäspär´ b N´) (KEY) , 1560–1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and spe...
(vän d k´) (KEY) , 1601–c.1672, German designer and maker of printing type, who worked in Amsterdam. Types that he designed were used by the Elzev...
(y ´hän r ´dôlf glou´b r) (KEY) , 1604–70, German alchemist. A forerunner of scientific chemists, Glauber made many practical advances in analy...
one of the Twelve Apostles, called Didymus. According to John, he refused to believe in the resurrection until he saw Jesus’ wounds; hence the expre...
1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England ...
1883–1966, American printer-publisher, b. Steubenville, Ohio. Hunter is known for his researches and writings on the history and technique of paperm...