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1802–78, American architect, b. England. He came to the United States in 1829. A skilled cabinetmaker and draftsman, he lived first in Manlius, N.Y....
( n´w n) (KEY) , 1863–1940, English architect and town planner. He designed the first English garden city near Letchworth, the New Earwick developm...
(ûr´b n) (KEY) , 1872–1933, American architect and scene designer, b. Vienna. He won distinction with his architectural work, including the bridge...
Ulug-Beg (both: ´l g b g) (KEY) , 1394–1449, Timurid ruler and astronomer. The grandson of Timur (or Tamerlane), he succeeded to the Timurid domai...
( p´d k´´) (KEY) , 1860–1941, American printer and historian of typography, b. Providence, R.I. At the Merrymount Press, which he founded in 1893...
(gäly ´n lä´n v ) (KEY) , 1910–98, Russian ballerina, b. St. Petersburg. Ulanova made her debut at the Kirov Ballet (1928), where she danced u...