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Keeling, Charles David

(Encyclopedia) Keeling, Charles David, 1928–2005, U.S. geochemist, b. Scranton, Pa., Ph.D. Northwestern Univ., 1954. As a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology (1953–56), he…

Philippe, Édouard Charles

(Encyclopedia) Philippe, Édouard Charles, 1970–, French lawyer and political leader, b. Rouen, grad. Paris Institute of Political Studies, 1992, National School of Administration, 1997. He worked as…

Wilson, Charles Erwin

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890–1961, American industrialist and cabinet officer, b. Minerva, Ohio. He was an electrical engineer with Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company from…

Young, Charles Augustus

(Encyclopedia) Young, Charles Augustus, 1834–1908, American astronomer, b. Hanover, N.H., grad. Dartmouth, 1853. He discovered the reversing layer of the solar atmosphere and proved the gaseous…

Warner, Charles Dudley

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829–1900, American editor and author, b. Plainfield, Mass., grad. Hamilton College, 1851, LL.B. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1858. After practicing law in Chicago,…

Dawes, Charles Gates

(Encyclopedia) Dawes, Charles GatesDawes, Charles Gatesdôz [key], 1865–1951, American statesman and banker, b. Marietta, Ohio. Admitted (1886) to the bar, Dawes practiced law in Lincoln, Nebr., until…

Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward

(Encyclopedia) Trevelyan, Sir Charles EdwardTrevelyan, Sir Charles Edwardtrĭvĕlˈyən [key], 1807–86, British colonial administrator. After a period of service in India, he returned (1838) to England…

Brown-Séquard, Charles Édouard

(Encyclopedia) Brown-Séquard, Charles ÉdouardBrown-Séquard, Charles Édouardbroun-sākärˈ, –sākwärˈ [key], 1817–94, physiologist, b. Mauritius, of French and American parents. He taught at Harvard (…

Calmette, Léon Charles Albert

(Encyclopedia) Calmette, Léon Charles AlbertCalmette, Léon Charles AlbertlāôNˈ shärl älbĕrˈ kälmĕtˈ [key], 1863–1933, French physician and bacteriologist. He was founder and director of the Pasteur…

Bourbaki, Charles Denis Sauter

(Encyclopedia) Bourbaki, Charles Denis SauterBourbaki, Charles Denis Sautershärl dənēˈ sōtāˈ b&oomacr;rbäkēˈ [key], 1816–97, French general of Greek ancestry. In the Algerian campaigns and the…