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Ware, Isaac
d. 1766, English architect of the Georgian period. After travels in Italy he was employed in 1729 as clerk of the works at Windsor Castle. For Philip, earl of Chesterfield, he built (1749) Chesterfiel...
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Acoma
or Ácoma (both: k´ m ) (KEY) , pueblo (1990 pop. 2,590), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), Valencia co., W central N.Mex.; founded c.1100–1250. This “sky city” atop a steep-sided sandstone mesa, 357 ft (109...
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Malte-Brun, Conrad
(kôn´räth mäl´t -br n´´, Fr. mält -brôN´) (KEY) , 1775–1826, Danish geographer, b. Jutland but later settled in Paris; originally named Malthe Konrad Bruun. He is responsible for the descriptive, read...
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Olney, Jesse
( l´n , l´n ) (KEY) , 1798–1872, American geographer and teacher. His Practical System of Modern Geography (1828), a standard work for decades, revolutionized the teaching of geography. Olney’s metho...
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Logan, Sir William Edmond
1798–1875, Canadian geologist. Educated in England, he managed (1831–38) coal mines and a copper smelter in Wales. In addition to making studies of clays underlying coal seams, he made extensive geolo...
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Apianus, Petrus
(p ´tr s p ´n s) (KEY) , Latinized from Peter Bienewitz or Bennewitz (p ´t r b ´n v ts, b n´ v ts) (KEY) , 1495–1552, German cosmographer and mathematician. He was professor of mathematics at Ingols...
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Lederberg, Joshua
(l ´d rbûrg´´) (KEY) , 1925–, American geneticist, b. Montclair, N.J., grad. Columbia, 1944, Ph.D. Yale, 1948. He is known for his studies of the genetic mechanisms of bacteria. He shared with G. W. B...
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Slavs
(slävz, sl vz) (KEY) , the largest ethnic and linguistic group of peoples in Europe belonging to the Indo-European linguistic family. It is estimated that the Slavs number over 300 million in the worl...
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Cleomedes
(kl ´´ m ´d z, kl ´´ –) (KEY) , fl. 2d cent., Greek astronomer. In a treatise on the circular theory of heavenly bodies, he recorded several hypotheses, e.g., the earth’s spherical form and the moon’s...
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Slavic religion
pre-Christian religious practices among the Slavs of Eastern Europe. There is only fragmentary and scattered information about the myths and legends of the pagan Slavs, and it is not possible to trace...
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Mino da Fiesole
(m ´n dä fy ´z l ) (KEY) or Mino di Giovanni (d j vän´n ) (KEY) , 1429–84, Florentine sculptor of the early Renaissance. He produced many tombs and sculptures for churches. Among the best are the a...
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Boutet de Monvel, Louis Maurice
(lw m r s´ b t ´ d môNv l´) (KEY) , 1851–1913, French painter and illustrator. His fame rests chiefly on his decorative illustrations for children’s books and his charming watercolors, e.g., Chanson...
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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact location of the original cabin has not been conclusi...
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Baily, Edward Hodges
1788–1867, English sculptor. He studied under Flaxman. One of his best works is the statue of Admiral Nelson in Trafalgar Square, London. Other works include decorations for Buckingham Palace; numerou...
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