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(s r´g l ´fär) (KEY) , 1905–86, Russian dancer, choreographer, director, teacher, and dance historian, b. Kiev. Lifar studied briefly with Broni...
(n kôlä´ äpâr´) (KEY) , also known as François Appert (fräNswä´) (KEY) , 1750–1841, French originator of a method of canning. In 1795 the ...
[Lat. Marcus], Christian apostle, traditional author of the 2d Gospel (see Mark, Gospel according to). His full name was John Mark. His mother, named ...
1811–61, American manufacturer, b. Madison, Conn. With his brother Selden he bought (1839) the lease and stock of the ironworks of Oxford Furnace, n...
(gl s, gläs) (KEY) , fl. 1747, writer of a popular English cookbook, Art of Cookery (1747). She is also credited with writing The Compleat Confection...
(d n´ m) (KEY) , 1910?–, American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist, b. Chicago. She studied anthropology at the Univ. of Chicago, where sh...