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1795–1872, English philologist. Norris wrote a number of articles on little-known languages of Asia and Africa. His most important work was his unco...
1550–1617, Scottish mathematician. He invented logarithms and wrote Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio (1614), containing the first logarithm...
1820–1910, English nurse, the founder of modern nursing, b. Florence, Italy. Her life was dedicated to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844...
(näkh´m n, brät´släf) (KEY) , 1772–1810, Jewish Hasidic leader, the great-grandson of the Baal-Shem-Tov. His messianic pretensions put him in c...
(p ´dr n ´n sh) (KEY) , Lat. Petrus Nonius, 1502–1578, Portuguese mathematician, geographer, and writer on navigation and geometry. He was the fi...
The days when the church enforced its creed in the name of discipline with rigidity, Copernicus dared to challenge and stand firmly by his convictions...
