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(Charles Christopher Parker, Jr.), 1920–55, American musician and composer, b. Kansas City, Kans. He began playing alto saxophone in 1933, and after...
1891–1964, American composer and lyricist, b. Peru, Ind., grad. Yale, 1913. Porter’s witty, sophisticated lyrics and his affecting melodies place ...
(h p ´sh ) (KEY) , d.415, Alexandrian Neoplatonic philosopher and mathematician, a woman renowned for her learning, eloquence, and beauty. Little is ...
(py ´tr dä´bän ) (KEY) , 1250?–1316?, Italian physician and philosopher, a professor of medicine in Padua. His famous work Conciliator differen...
(kr s´t än ou´g st kr ´z s) (KEY) , 1715–75, German philosopher and theologian. He was educated at the Univ. of Leipzig, where he became profes...
(d j´ n z) (KEY) , c.412–323 B.C., Greek Cynic philosopher; pupil of Antisthenes. He was born in Sinope and lived in Athens. He taught that the vi...