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(äNr ´ brö´y ) (KEY) , known as Abbé Breuil (äb ´) (KEY) , 1877–1961, French archaeologist, paleontologist, and cleric. He taught at the Inst...
1814–1900, English Gothic-revival architect. Favored by the Ecclesiological Society for his Puginlike correctness in recalling Gothic forms, Butterf...
1795–1860, English architect. A leader in the revival of the Renaissance style of architecture in England (also called Anglo-Italian), he designed t...
(b ´ z, – s) (KEY) , 1858–1942, German-American anthropologist, b. Minden, Germany; Ph.D. Univ. of Kiel, 1881. He joined an expedition to Baffin ...
(William Basie) (b ´s ) (KEY) , 1904–84, American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, b. Red Bank, N.J. After working in dance halls and vaudev...
1846–1924, English philosopher. He was educated at Oxford, where he became a fellow of Merton College in 1876. His works include Ethical Studies (18...