(Encyclopedia) Shklovsky, Iosif SamuilovichShklovsky, Iosif Samuilovichyôsˈĭf səm&oomacr;ēlˈəvĭch shklŏfˈskē [key], 1916–85, Soviet astronomer. He was head of the department of radio-astronomy at…
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honeysuckle, common name for some members of the Caprifoliaceae, a family comprised mostly of vines and shrubs of the Northern…
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(Encyclopedia) Simms, William Gilmore, 1806–70, American novelist, b. Charleston, S.C. He wrote prolifically, both prose and poetry, but it is for his historical romances about his own state that he…
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