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1869–1956, American educator, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1890; Ph.D., 1912). He taught Greek and classical philology at Tufts College ...
(tyäwänä´k ) (KEY) , ancient native ruin, W Bolivia, 34 mi (55 km) S of Lake Titicaca, near the Peruvian border. Nearly 13,000 ft (3,962 m) above ...
1623–87, English statistician and physician. He was a founder of the Royal Society and was physician general to the army of Ireland in 1652. Pettyâ€...
(py ´tr d l´lä väl´l ) (KEY) , 1586–1652, Italian traveler in Asia. He sailed (1614) from Venice; spent a year in Constantinople, where he stu...
1800–1878, American educator, b. East Hampton, N.Y.; daughter of Lyman Beecher. She first taught in New London, Conn., and in 1824 founded a girlsâ€...
1795–1873, American financier and philanthropist, founder of Johns Hopkins Univ., b. Anne Arundel co., Md. In 1819 he founded his own commission fir...