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name for several related New World mammals of the weasel family, characterized by their conspicuous black and white markings and use of a strong, high...
1855–1931, American political leader, b. Newton, N.C. A successful lawyer in Atlanta, he acquired the Atlanta Journal in 1887. He served (1893–96)...
1769–1839, English geologist. Through direct observation as a canal-site surveyor, Smith made a systematic study of the geological strata of England...
(s zh ´ d bräbäN´) (KEY) , fl. 1260–77, French theologian, head of the movement known as Latin Averroism. At the Univ. of Paris he taught that ...
(lw ôskär´ rôt ´) (KEY) , 1846–1911, French medalist and engraver, one of the greatest medalists of the 19th cent. His best-known commemorativ...
(än´d rs s l´s s) (KEY) , 1701–44, Swedish astronomer. While professor of astronomy at the Univ. of Uppsala (1730–44), he traveled through Ger...