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(jän fränch s´k pôd´j brät´´ch l ´n ) (KEY) , 1380–1459, Italian humanist. A secretary in the Roman curia, he later became chancellor and...
(d ôdä´ g s lv N´ täNkr d´ grät ´ d dôlômyö´) (KEY) , 1750–1801, French geologist. He contributed to the study of volcanic geology, es...
(l th´ b ) (KEY) , 1857–1931, English architect. He was a founder and first principal (1893–1911) of the London County Council Central School of ...
1814–72, American publisher, b. Brunswick, Maine; grandnephew of Israel Putnam. A member of the New York City bookselling firm of Wiley and Putnam, ...
1371–1419, duke of Burgundy (1404–19); son of Philip the Bold. He fought against the Turks at Nikopol in 1396 and was a prisoner for a year until ...
1720–93, English naturalist. He served as curate at Selborne and nearby parishes from 1751. He recorded his detailed observations of nature in lette...