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1851–1921, American economist, b. Davenport, Iowa. He developed an interest in public finance at Johns Hopkins Univ. and pursued this field during l...
1919–2001, American chemist, b. Chester, Vt., Ph.D. Harvard, 1947. A professor at the Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Cram expanded on the work ...
(v släf´ ny zh n´sk ) (KEY) , 1890–1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; brother of Bronislava Nijinska. Nijinsky is widely considered t...
1888–1969, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1937–40), b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1912, father of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M....
(ändr ´äs z ´g sm nt märk´gräf´´) (KEY) , 1709–82, German chemist, a pioneer in analytical chemistry. He proved that alumina, magnesia, and...
(f l n´, f l–) (KEY) , 1860–1937, American merchant, b. Salem, Mass. As president of the Boston firm of William Filene’s Sons he pioneered in s...