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1835–1916, American financier, b. Henrietta Howland Robinson, New Bedford, Mass. She inherited a large fortune from her father and invested it so sh...
( ty n´ fräNswä´ zhôfrwä´) (KEY) , 1672–1731, French physician and chemist, also known as Geoffroy the Elder. He became a pharmacist in 1694 ...
(gl s, gläs) (KEY) , fl. 1747, writer of a popular English cookbook, Art of Cookery (1747). She is also credited with writing The Compleat Confection...
1836–1929, Texas cattleman, b. Macoupin co., Ill. He went to Texas in 1846, where he joined the Texas Rangers and became a noted scout and Indian fi...
1894–1991, American dancer, choreographer, and teacher, b. Pittsburgh. Her family moved from Allegheny, Pa., to Santa Barbara, Calif., when she was ...
(z nôb´ t ôf l´ gräm) (KEY) , 1826–1901, Belgian electrical engineer. While working as a model maker for a Parisian manufacturer of electrical ...