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1825–99, English chemist. He studied under Bunsen and Liebig and taught at several English institutions. In working on the synthesis and isolation o...
1834–72, American financial speculator, b. Pownal, Vt. In his youth he worked for a circus and as a wagon peddler of merchandise. During the Civil W...
1912–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1946. Friedman has been influential in helping to revive the monetarist school of econo...
(Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher), 1908–92, American culinary writer. Raised in California, Fisher lived in France for three years, where she was inspir...
(f nt n´) (KEY) , 1919–91, English ballerina. Fonteyn was for many years prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet. Her original name was Margar...
1696–1763, American printer; sister-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. After the death in 1735 of her husband, James Franklin, she carried on his commerci...