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1874–1956, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Campbell, N.Y. After rising from clerk to sales executive in the National Cash Register Co....
1886–1973, German dancer, choreographer, and teacher. After studying with Rudolf von Laban, Wigman performed in Germany and opened her own school in...
(w d´n r) (KEY) , 1885–1912, American bibliophile, b. Philadelphia. He had the greatest Robert Louis Stevenson collection in existence. Widener die...
1805–78, American pioneer expressman, b. Thetford, Vt. As a child he moved with his family to central New York state. In 1843 he established express...
(hw t´ nj m, – ng- m) (KEY) , 1767–1840, English printer. He established a printery in London in 1789, removing to Chiswick and founding the Chis...
(r kh´ärt v l´sht t r) (KEY) , 1872–1942, German chemist. He was professor at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Chemistry, Berlin (1912–16), and ...