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(Aemilius Papinianus) (p p n´ n) (KEY) , d. 212, Roman jurist. He was a close friend of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, under whom he was libel...
(kouf´m n k ´l r) (KEY) , 1843–1926, American rabbi, scholar, and leader in Reform Judaism, b. Bavaria. He emigrated to the United States in 1869 ...
(r nät´ d lb k´ ) (KEY) , 1914–, American biologist, b. Catanzaro, Italy. In the 1950s he and co-researcher Marguerite Vogt gained insight into ...
(mäng´n s yö´stä m t´äg-l f´l r) (KEY) , 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician. He was (1877–81) professor at Helsingfors (Helsinki) and at the...
(y ´ly s fürst) (KEY) , 1805–73, German Orientalist. Fürst was a distinguished scholar of Semitic languages and literature of his time. During hi...
(zhäN krüv y ´) (KEY) , 1791–1874, French physician. The first professor of pathology at the Univ. of Paris (from 1836), he introduced the descri...