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1689–1759, English bibliographer. He compiled Typographical Antiquities (1749), a valuable list of English books printed before 1600....
1749–1831, American patriot and printer, from Worcester, Mass. Thomas printed outspoken Whig editorials in the Massachusetts Spy, a newspaper that h...
(fûr´n ld) (KEY) , 1873–1950, American botanist, b. Orono, Maine, grad. Harvard, 1897. He taught at Harvard (1902–49) and was director of the Gr...
(k gz´w l, –w l) (KEY) , 1786–1871, American librarian and bibliographer, b. Ipswich, Mass. After studying abroad, Cogswell taught mineralogy and...
(äntô´ny mälyäb ´k ) (KEY) , 1633–1714, Italian librarian, b. Florence. Magliabechi was a trained goldsmith who devoted his life to learning,...
(both: s ´ r, sou´–) (KEY) , 1693–1758, American printer, b. Germany. In 1724, Sower came to America where he worked first as a tailor and then ...