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(h n´r kh än´t n d bär ´) (KEY) , 1831–88, German botanist. He was professor at the universities of Freiburg in Breisgau (1855–66) and Halle...
(äl ks ´ b nwä´ swäy ´) (KEY) , 1809–58, French chef and writer on gastronomy and dietary reform. After the Revolution of 1830 he went to Lond...
1911–97, American organic chemist and educator, b. St. Paul, Minn., grad. Michigan College of Mining and Technology, 1931, Ph.D. Univ. of Minnesota,...
1905–89, British economist. A statistics professor at Cambridge Univ. (1931–37), he taught in Australia and Great Britain until 1952, serving as e...
1895–1986, American economist, administrator of the Office of Price Administration (1941–42), b. Millville, N.J. An official of the Russell Sage F...
1834–1906, American merchant, b. Conway, Mass. In 1856, after five years’ apprenticeship in a general store in Pittsfield, Mass., he went to Chica...