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(fr ´b l, fr ´–, Ger. fr ´dr kh v l´h lm ou´g st frö´b l) (KEY) , 1782–1852, German educator and founder of the kindergarten system. He had...
(Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus) (t b r´ s) (KEY) , 42 B.C.–A.D. 37, second Roman emperor (A.D. 14–A.D. 37). He was the son of Tiberius Claudiu...
1796–1878, British explorer in N Canada. He accompanied Sir John Franklin on arctic expeditions in 1818, 1819–22, and 1824–27. On an expedition ...
1866–1959, American educator, b. Louisville, Ky., grad. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1886. After 19 years as a secondary school teacher and principal, he to...
1906–88, German electrical engineer. By applying the discovery that electron waves are 100,000 times shorter than those of light, Ruska built a micr...
(th ´´ t ´r ) (KEY) , ancient city of Lydia, now Akhisar, Turkey. It was one of the Seven Churches in Asia and was known for its purple dye (Acts 1...