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Craigie, Sir William A.

(Encyclopedia)Craigie, Sir William A., 1867–1957, British lexicographer, b. Dundee, Scotland. Educated at the Univ. of St. Andrews, Craigie studied Scandinavian languages at Copenhagen before beginning in 1893 hi...

Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace

(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace (Ma Ferguson): see under Ferguson, James Edward. ...

Hart, H. L. A.

(Encyclopedia)Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart), 1907–92, British legal philosopher. A lawyer and trained philosopher—he was a legal positivist—Hart subjected legal concepts to scrutiny in such wo...

Stern, Robert A. M.

(Encyclopedia)Stern, Robert A. M. (Robert Arthur Morton Stern), 1939–, American architect, b. New York City. He studied architecture at Yale Univ., became a practicing architect in the mid-1960s, and a professor ...

César E. Chávez National Monument

(Encyclopedia)César E. Chávez National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul

(Encyclopedia)Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam), 1921–2015, Indian scientist and political leader, studied St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli (grad. 1954), Madras Institute of Technol...

W. A. C. Bennett Dam

(Encyclopedia)W. A. C. Bennett Dam: see Peace, river, Canada. ...

James A. Garfield National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)James A. Garfield National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Roux, Pierre Paul Émile

(Encyclopedia)Roux, Pierre Paul Émile ro͞o [key], 1853–1933, French physician and bacteriologist. He was a pupil of and coworker with Pasteur. In 1888 he and A. E. J. Yersin demonstrated that the diphtheria ba...

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

(Encyclopedia)Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery: see Huntington, Henry Edwards. ...