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(g s´ r) (KEY) , 1888–1963, American physiologist, b. Platteville, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1911), M.D. Johns Hopkins, 191...
1815–86, English constitutional jurist and historian. A period of long service to Parliament, including his tenure (1871–86) as clerk of the House...
(r n ´ klâr) (KEY) , 1898–1981, French film director, writer, and producer. Beginning as a film critic, Clair first received international attenti...
1849–1905, Egyptian Muslim religious reformer. His encounter in 1872 with Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, in the Cairo mosque-university of al-Azhar, led t...
(d b ´k ) (KEY) , 1908–, American surgeon. While still at Tulane medical school (M.D., 1932), De Bakey developed an interest in problems relating ...
1805–94, American lawyer and law reformer, b. Haddam, Conn.; brother of Cyrus W. Field and Stephen J. Field. He was graduated from Williams (1825), ...