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Van Der Zee, James

(Encyclopedia)Van Der Zee, James, 1886–1983, American photographer, b. Lenox, Mass. The son of Ulysses S. Grant's maid and butler, Van Der Zee opened his first studio in Harlem, New York City, in 1915. For 60 yea...

Helmont, Jan Baptista van

(Encyclopedia)Helmont, Jan Baptista van yän bäptĭsˈtä vän hĕlˈmônt [key], 1577–1644, Flemish physician, chemist, and physicist. He attributed physiological changes to chemical causes, but his conclusions...

Van Allen, James Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Van Allen, James Alfred, 1914–2006, American physicist and space scientist, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. A graduate (Ph.D 1939) of and professor of physics (1951–85) at what is now the Univ. of Iowa, where...

Barneveldt, Johan van Olden

(Encyclopedia)Barneveldt, Johan van Olden: see Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van. ...

Lubbock, Sir John

(Encyclopedia)Lubbock, Sir John lŭbˈək [key], 1834–1913, English banker, statesman, and naturalist. As a member of Parliament from 1870, he introduced many reform bills, especially in banking, including legisl...

Roger van der Weyden

(Encyclopedia)Roger van der Weyden: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...

Van der Weyden, Roger

(Encyclopedia)Van der Weyden, Roger: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...

Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen

(Encyclopedia)Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...

Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen

(Encyclopedia)Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...

Van der Goes, Hugo

(Encyclopedia)Van der Goes, Hugo: see Goes, Hugo van der. ...