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1790–1864, English economist. A graduate of Oxford, he was called there in 1825 to fill the first chair of political economy in England. In An Outli...
( m l´ f l ks´ g ty ´) (KEY) , 1864–1940, French geographer, an authority on Algiers, the Sahara, and the French African possessions. He explored...
(mär´k w ts´´) (KEY) , 1927–, American economist, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1954. In the 1950s he developed a theory of “portfolio choice,” wh...
(fränth s´k h n r´ d l s r ´ s) (KEY) , 1839–1915, Spanish educator and philosopher. He founded the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, a school...
(l f r´ ks n) (KEY) , Old Norse Leifr Eiriksson, fl. A.D. 999–1000, Norse discoverer of America, b. probably in Iceland; son of Eric the Red. He s...
(m ´t n) (KEY) , 1867–1940, black American educator, b. Amelia co., Va., grad. Hampton Institute, 1890. He was commandant (1890–1915) of Hampton ...