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or Jehangir (both: j hän´´g r´) (KEY) , 1569–1627, Mughal emperor of India (1605–27), son of Akbar. He continued his father’s policy of expa...
(jä´j ) (KEY) , fl. 1869–87, Nigerian merchant prince. A former slave, he became an important trader in Bonny in the 1860s as a middleman between ...
(fräNswä´ zhäkôb´) (KEY) , 1920–, French biologist, educated at the Sorbonne. His medical studies were interrupted by World War II. He joined ...
(r män´ yäk´ôbs n) (KEY) , 1896–1982, Russian-American linguist and literary critic, b. Moscow. His early work was grounded in structural lingu...
Ixtacihuatl, or Ixtaccihuatl (all: s´´täs ´wät l) (KEY) [Aztec,=white woman], dormant volcano, 17,342 ft (5,286 m) high, central Mexico, on the...
( z´ rd) (KEY) , 1742–1804, American diplomat and legislator, b. near Charleston, S.C. After an education in England, he returned (1764) to South C...