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1887–1948, American anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. Vassar, 1909, Ph.D. Columbia, 1923. She was a student and later a colleague of Franz Boa...
(y hän´ fr ´dr kh bl ´m nbäkh) (KEY) , 1752–1840, German naturalist and anthropologist. He introduced and developed the science of comparative ...
(j vän´n bät-t s´tä b ltsô´n ) (KEY) , 1778–1823, Italian adventurer and antiquities dealer. He lived (1803–12) in England and there inven...
(säl môN´ d brôs) (KEY) , 1571–1626, French architect, trained by his grandfather, Jacques du Cerceau, the elder. He paved the way for the next...
(fräNswä´ blôNd l´) (KEY) , 1617–86, French architect. In 1672 he became director of the Academy of Architecture. Blondel’s writings, which e...
1773–1845, American architect, b. Greenfield, Mass. His Country Builder’s Assistant was published in 1797 and The American Builder’s Companion, ...