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(ä´l üs z ´n f l´´d r, ä´lois) (KEY) , 1771–1834, German lithographer, b. Prague. Senefelder invented lithography in Munich c.1796. In 1818 ...
1890–1973, American war hero and airline executive, b. Columbus, Ohio. He became a car racing driver at 16 and set numerous speed records. In World ...
(b rz ´l s; Swed. yöns yä´kôp b rs ´l s) (KEY) , 1779–1848, Swedish chemist, M.D. Univ. of Uppsala, 1802. He was noted for his work as teach...
1810–64, American publisher. John Reed and James T. Fields became Ticknor’s partners in Boston, and their firm is best known as Ticknor and Fields...
(lou´r ns yän´s n kôs´t r) (KEY) , c.1370–c.1440, Dutch sexton of a church in Haarlem, one of the men to whom has been ascribed the invention o...
(dûr´b ) (KEY) , 1739–99, American merchant, b. Salem, Mass. He inherited the considerable wealth and maritime business that his father, Richard D...