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1867–1933, American banker and philanthropist, b. New York City; son of Solomon Loeb. He entered (1888) Kuhn, Loeb and Company and retired from busi...
(j ´ t) (KEY) , 1816–68, American librarian, b. Lebanon, Maine. Jewett prepared his first catalog of books as librarian of Andover Theological Semi...
1870–1927, American chemist and physicist, b. Amherst, Mass., grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1892. After graduate study at Leipzig and Yal...
(v l´h lm h f´m ´´st r) (KEY) , 1824–77, German botanist. Although self-taught, he made such valuable studies of the reproduction and developmen...
(rôth´st n) (KEY) , 1883–1928, American gambler, b. New York City. Supposedly beginning his career at the age of 12, Rothstein became a profession...
(jämbät-t ´stä b d ´n ) (KEY) , 1740–1813, Italian printer b. Piedmont. He was the son of a printer and worked for a time at the press of the V...