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(b k´ r k´´) (KEY) , 1929–, American composer, arranger, and conductor, b. Kansas City, Mo. He began his career playing piano with jazz bands in ...
(py r b l) (KEY) , 1647–1706, French philosopher. Born a Huguenot, he converted to Roman Catholicism and then returned to Protestantism. To avoid Fr...
(b ´z nk t) (KEY) , 1848–1923, English philosopher, educated at Oxford. He lectured there (1871–81) and at St. Andrews (1903–8). His major work...
(David Warren Brubeck) (br ´b k) (KEY) , 1920–, American pianist and composer, b. Concord, Calif. Brubeck began studying piano at the age of four a...
(b ´th s) (KEY) , Boetius (b ´sh s) (KEY) , or Boece (b s´) (KEY) (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius), c.475–525, Roman philosopher and sta...
1748–1832, English philosopher, jurist, political theorist, and founder of utilitarianism. Educated at Oxford, he was trained as a lawyer and was ad...