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(gl v´ r) (KEY) , d. 1638, English nonconformist minister, generally considered the father of printing in the English colonies of North America. He v...
1883–1966, American printer-publisher, b. Steubenville, Ohio. Hunter is known for his researches and writings on the history and technique of paperm...
1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England ...
(vän d k´) (KEY) , 1601–c.1672, German designer and maker of printing type, who worked in Amsterdam. Types that he designed were used by the Elzev...
(gäspär´ b N´) (KEY) , 1560–1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and spe...
(hü´g d vr s) (KEY) , 1848–1935, Dutch botanist. He opened a new approach to the study of evolution by using the experimental method to investig...