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1805–84, American surgeon, b. near Easton, Pa., M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1828. He taught at the medical colleges of several uni...
(gr r´s n) (KEY) , 1851–1941, Irish philologist. Besides writing grammars of many modern Indian vernaculars, Grierson directed the compilation of t...
1758–1828, Austrian anatomist and founder of phrenology. He devoted most of his life to a minute study of the nervous system, especially the brain. ...
(kärl fr ´dr kh gous) (KEY) , born Johann Friederich Carl Gauss, 1777–1855, German mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Gauss was educated at...
(äl´vär g l´stränd) (KEY) , 1862–1930, Swedish ophthalmologist. He was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of optics at the...
1780–1853, American jurist, b. Westover Mills, Pa.; nephew of the American frontiersman John Gibson. He studied law, was unsuccessful in practice, a...