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(zhül äNr ´ pw Nkär ´) (KEY) , 1854–1912, French mathematician, physicist, and author. He was from 1881 connected with the faculty of sciences ...
1912–90, Australian novelist, b. London. Raised in England, he returned to Australia after World War II, earning his living by farming and writing. ...
(shr ´´n vä´s rämä´n j n) (KEY) , 1889–1920, Indian mathematician. He was a self-taught genius in pure mathematics who made original contrib...
1872–1964, American labor expert, chief (1919–44) of the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor, b. Sweden. She emigrated to the United States in 1...
(zhäk môn ´) (KEY) , 1910–76, French biologist, educated at the Univ. of Paris (D.Sc., 1941). He was a leader of the French resistance in World W...
(sh kh´t r) (KEY) , 1847–1915, Jewish scholar. Born in Romania, he was educated in Vienna and at the Univ. of Berlin. He went to England in 1882 an...