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( s´t r) (KEY) , 1763–1848, American merchant, b. Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany. At the age of 16 he went to England, and five years later, in...
(n kôlä´ äpâr´) (KEY) , also known as François Appert (fräNswä´) (KEY) , 1750–1841, French originator of a method of canning. In 1795 the ...
( p sh´ s) (KEY) , 1st cent., Roman gourmet. He squandered most of his large fortune on feasts and then, anticipating a need to economize, committed ...
1829–92, American financier and sportsman, b. New York City. The son of William Backhouse Astor (1792–1875), he was a retiring man, notable princi...
1689–1759, English bibliographer. He compiled Typographical Antiquities (1749), a valuable list of English books printed before 1600....
1864–1912, American financier, b. Rhinebeck, N. Y.; son of William Backhouse Astor (1829–92). He served in the Spanish-American War. Drowned in th...