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1835–1916, American financier, b. Henrietta Howland Robinson, New Bedford, Mass. She inherited a large fortune from her father and invested it so sh...
(ä´dôlf ng´l r) (KEY) , 1844–1930, German botanist. He emphasized the importance of geological history in the study of plant geography, and wor...
1929–, Canadian chemist. Raised and educated in England, he worked as a researcher in Canada before taking a teaching position at the Univ. of Toron...
1857–1915, American cookbook author and teacher and writer on cookery, b. Boston. A paralytic stroke prevented her from attending college, and she t...
( ty n´ fräNswä´ zhôfrwä´) (KEY) , 1672–1731, French physician and chemist, also known as Geoffroy the Elder. He became a pharmacist in 1694 ...
(both: s ´ r, sou´–) (KEY) , 1693–1758, American printer, b. Germany. In 1724, Sower came to America where he worked first as a tailor and then ...