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(y ´z f ä´l s sh m´p ´´t r) (KEY) , 1883–1950, Austrian-American economist, LL.D. Univ. of Vienna, 1906. He began practicing law but turned t...
endocrine gland, situated in the neck, that secretes hormones necessary for growth and proper metabolism. It consists of two lobes connected by a narr...
(all: b ´h m) (KEY) , b. 1436? or 1459?, d. 1506?, German traveler and cosmographer. He studied (possibly under Regiomontanus) astronomy, navigation,...
( ly kh´ n) (KEY) , 1892–1946, Russian-French chess player, b. Moscow. He became a naturalized French citizen after the Russian Revolution. At the ...
( l f´ l t) (KEY) , 1773–1866, American educator, inventor, and clergyman, b. Ashford, Conn. In 1804, Nott became president of Union College, a pos...
(thôr´f n kärl´s vn ) (KEY) , fl. 1002–15, Icelandic leader of an attempt to colonize North America. He appeared in Greenland in 1002 and marrie...