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(Francis Albert Sinatra), 1915–98, American singer and actor, b. Hoboken, N.J. During the late 1930s and early 40s he sang with the Harry James and ...
1825–95, English biologist and educator, grad. Charing Cross Hospital, 1845. Huxley gave up his own biological research to become an influential sci...
(th d´ s s ´´b - s´k k ´l nkôrt´´ l ) (KEY) , 1832–1913, American aeronaut and inventor, b. Coos co., N.H. He flew (1861) a distance of 90...
1779–1864, American chemist, geologist, and physicist, b. Trumbull, Conn., grad. Yale, 1796. In 1802 he was appointed first professor of chemistry a...
(s ´m , s m´ ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Highly resident...
(s n´ ´ ´j ) (KEY) , Jap. Shingishu, city (1993 pop. 326,011), W North Korea, on the Yellow Sea at the mouth of the Yalu River. A main northern gat...