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(kärl yäs´p rs) (KEY) , 1883–1969, German philosopher and psychopathologist, b. Oldenburg. After receiving his medical degree (1909) he became (1...
1891–1953, English philosopher. He became head of the department of philosophy at Birbeck College, Univ. of London, in 1930. As a rationalist, he wa...
1887–1946, English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was professor of applied mathematics at Princeton Univ. (1905–9), later lectured a...
(py r zhül s zär´ zhäNs n´) (KEY) , 1824–1907, French astronomer. In 1857–58, in Peru, he worked on the determination of the magnetic equator...
one of the Twelve Apostles, traditional author of the fourth Gospel, three letters, and the Book of Revelation (see John, Gospel according to Saint; J...
1843–1932, British artist, landscape gardener, and crafts artist. She was associated with William Robinson and Edwin Lutyens in developing an inform...