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1864–1912, American financier, b. Rhinebeck, N. Y.; son of William Backhouse Astor (1829–92). He served in the Spanish-American War. Drowned in th...
(gy ´l k) (KEY) , 1865–1918, American pioneer in physical education, b. Honolulu, of American missionary parents. He studied at Oberlin College, Sa...
1828–1916, American educator, b. Norwich, Conn., grad. Yale, 1849; grandson of Timothy Dwight (1752–1817). Appointed professor of sacred literatur...