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(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 th...
1903–89, American geneticist, b. Wahoo, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1927), Ph.D. Cornell, 1931. Beadle taught (1931–36) biol...
district of the City of London, England. Beginning in the 12th cent., it was used for fairs, markets, jousts, and executions. During the reign of Quee...
(sm th) (KEY) , 1858–1944, English composer, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. Besides her many songs and chamber music she wrote operas, includi...
(s k hôr´) (KEY) , island (133 sq mi/344 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, the Philippines, just off the southeast coast of Negros. Fishing is its...
(übâr´ rôb r´) (KEY) , 1733–1808, French painter and landscape architect. A follower of Piranesi and Pannini, Robert was known as a painter of ...