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1806–70, American novelist, b. Charleston, S.C. He wrote prolifically, both prose and poetry, but it is for his historical romances about his own st...
1627–1705, English naturalist. He was extremely influential in laying the foundations of systematic biology. With his pupil Francis Willughby, he pl...
(s n´´h l z´) (KEY) , language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. An alternate sp...
1893–1963, American rabbi and Zionist leader, b. Lithuania. He was taken to the United States in 1902. Educated at the Univ. of Cincinnati (B.A., 19...
( lyä´ y f ´m v ch ry ´p n) (KEY) , 1844–1930, Russian historical and genre painter and sculptor. He studied in St. Petersburg and abroad and be...
(y hä´n s k p´l r) (KEY) , 1571–1630, German astronomer. From his student days at the Univ. of Tübingen, he was influenced by the Copernican tea...