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1902–72, American anthropologist, b. Washington, D.C., grad. Cornell Univ., 1925, Ph.D. Univ. of California, 1929. He taught at the Univ. of Michiga...
1868–1954, German linguist and anthropologist, a Roman Catholic priest. Educated at the universities of Berlin and Vienna, he entered the Society of...
(h n´r kh shl ´män) (KEY) , 1822–90, German archaeologist, discoverer of the ruins of Troy. He accumulated a fortune in the indigo trade and as a...
1947–, American film director, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Spielberg began his career as a television director, admired for his understanding portrayal of ...
( smä´n s mb ´n ) (KEY) , 1923–, Senegalese writer and film director writing in French and Wolof, often regarded as the father of sub-Saharan Af...
(s n´ t) (KEY) , 1884–1960, American movie director and producer, b. Danville, Que. In 1909 he began working for D. W. Griffith at the Biograph Com...