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1886–1952, Australian nurse, b. New South Wales, grad. St. Ursula’s College, Australia, 1902. She became “Sister” Kenny as a first lieutenant ...
(äl-fä´s ) (KEY) , 1013–1103, prominent Jewish Talmudic scholar of the very late Gaonic period, b. near Fès, N Africa. He headed the rabbinical ...
1902–83, Australian novelist, b. Rockdale, New South Wales. She worked in the United States in the 1940s, emigrated to England in 1953, then returne...
(mâr) (KEY) , c.1089–1164, Jewish grammarian, commentator, poet, philosopher, and astronomer, b. Tudela, Spain. He traveled widely and wrote a numb...
1754–1846, American physician, b. Newport, R.I. He studied at the universities of Edinburgh and Leiden. In 1783 he became professor on the first fac...
(zhäk küzhäs´, ky j ´sh s) (KEY) , 1522–90, French jurist and scholar of Roman law. He taught at Toulouse, Bourges, and elsewhere. Unlike previ...