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1805–94, American lawyer and law reformer, b. Haddam, Conn.; brother of Cyrus W. Field and Stephen J. Field. He was graduated from Williams (1825), ...
(d b ´k ) (KEY) , 1908–, American surgeon. While still at Tulane medical school (M.D., 1932), De Bakey developed an interest in problems relating ...
1849–1905, Egyptian Muslim religious reformer. His encounter in 1872 with Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, in the Cairo mosque-university of al-Azhar, led t...
(r n ´ klâr) (KEY) , 1898–1981, French film director, writer, and producer. Beginning as a film critic, Clair first received international attenti...
1815–86, English constitutional jurist and historian. A period of long service to Parliament, including his tenure (1871–86) as clerk of the House...
(g s´ r) (KEY) , 1888–1963, American physiologist, b. Platteville, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1911), M.D. Johns Hopkins, 191...