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(kärl fr ´dr kh gous) (KEY) , born Johann Friederich Carl Gauss, 1777–1855, German mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Gauss was educated at...
(dy v n´y ) (KEY) , 1901–78, American biochemist, b. Chicago. He was professor of biochemistry and head of the department at George Washington Uni...
1899–1970, Jewish historian and educator, b. London. He was educated at Oxford (Ph.D., 1924) and was reader in Jewish Studies there from 1939 to 196...
(fräNswä´ ôtmäN) (KEY) , 1524–90, French jurist. Converted (1547) to Protestantism and implicated (1560) in the conspiracy of Amboise (see Ambo...
(kâr´ , k´ lz) (KEY) , 1903–97, Australian neurophysiologist. He was educated at the Univ. of Melbourne and at Magdalene College, Oxford. He was...
(Ben Lindsey), 1869–1943, American judge and reformer, b. Jackson, Tenn. As judge of the juvenile court of Denver from 1900 to 1927, he founded the ...