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1918–98, British chemist, b. Gravesend, England, grad. Imperial College of Science and Technology (B.S. 1940, Ph.D. 1942, D.Sc. 1949). He was on the...
( r´ k br n) (KEY) , 1929–86, Danish ballet dancer, b. Copenhagen. Bruhn joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1947 and became a soloist there in 1949....
(gr sh´ m) (KEY) , 1519?–1579, English merchant and financier. As the royal financial agent in Antwerp after 1551 he proved himself very able, thou...
(n th n´ l) (KEY) , in the New Testament, disciple mentioned only in St. John’s Gospel and plausibly identified with St. Bartholomew.
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1856–1930, American economist and educator, b. New Haven, Conn.; son of James Hadley. A graduate (1876) of Yale, he was on the faculty (1879–99) a...
1901–72, American librarian, b. Johannesburg, South Africa. After studying philosophy at Harvard, Clapp worked for the Library of Congress (1922–5...