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1658–1719, British financier. By the time of the Glorious Revolution (1688–89, which he supported), he had acquired considerable wealth and influe...
1785–1865, English botanist. A leading authority of his time on ferns, he formed a famous herbarium and built up the Glasgow Garden and the Royal Bo...
(päm´f l kästäl´d ) (KEY) , c.1398–c.1490, Italian humanist and printer. He was the first printer of the city of Milan. Some credit him with t...
1912–2004, American chemist, b. London, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1938. A professor at Wayne State Univ. (1943–47) and Purdue Univ. (1947–78), he ...
1919–, American economist, b. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. A professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1969–83) and Georg...
1743–1810, American merchant, Indian agent, and land speculator, b. Philadelphia. In 1765 he went as his firm’s representative to engage in the fu...