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(s mk ´v ch) (KEY) , 1867–1951, American social worker, b. Chestnut Hill, Mass., grad. Boston Univ., 1890. After further study at Radcliffe, Columb...
(äntä´näs sm ´t nä) (KEY) , 1874–1944, Lithuanian dictator. A lawyer, he became a leader of the Lithuanian autonomists under the czarist regim...
(sm ´t n) (KEY) , 1724–92, English civil engineer. He became an instrument maker, improved navigation instruments, and carried out many experiments...
(ändr ´äs shlü´t r) (KEY) , 1664–1714, German sculptor. After studying in France and Italy, he became architect and sculptor to the Hohenzoller...
1906–65, American sculptor, b. Decatur, Ind., studied painting at the Art Students League, New York City. In the 1930s he began experimenting with s...
1460–1529, English poet and humanist. Tutor to Prince Henry (later Henry VIII), he later (c.1502) became rector of Diss, Norfolk. In 1512 he began t...