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(kôn´rät f n g s´n r) (KEY) , 1516–65, Swiss scientist and bibliographer. Gesner was noted for his scholarship and erudition in almost every fie...
(g n ´s ) (KEY) , b. 1507, d. after 1564, Indian astronomer. As a boy of 13 in a village N of Bombay, Ganesa wrote a treatise on astronomy, the Graha...
(g l) (KEY) , 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investig...
(g y m N´) (KEY) , 1924–, French-American physiologist, b. Dijon, France. Educated in France, he fought for the resistance during World War II. He ...
1832–1904, American financier, b. Queenstown, Ireland. He was in business in England and Peru before establishing (1865) W. R. Grace & Company i...
(g ld) (KEY) , 1864–1923, U.S. railroad owner, b. New York City; son of Jay Gould. He was associated with his father, inherited all the holdings on ...