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1830–1913, American financier, b. Hopewell, near Canandaigua, N.Y. As a youth he struck out for himself in Ohio. After trying the grain and salt bus...
1781–1858, American chemist, b. Philadelphia. He was professor of chemistry (1819–47) at the medical college of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Hare ma...
(kärl v l´h lm sh ´l ) (KEY) , 1742–86, Swedish chemist, b. Stralsund. He is known as the discoverer of many chemical substances. He was a pharma...
1875–1946, American chemist, b. Weymouth, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1896; Ph.D., 1899). He taught at Harvard and at the Massachusetts Institute of...
(Lido Anthony Iacocca) ( ´´ k ´k ) (KEY) , 1924–, American business executive, b. Allentown, Pa. In 1946 he joined the Ford Motor Company, where ...
1867–1947, American economist, b. Saugerties, N.Y., Ph.D. Yale, 1891. He began teaching at Yale in 1890 and was active there until 1935. His earlies...