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Beit, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Beit, AlfredBeit, Alfredbīt [key], 1853–1906, South African financier, b. Hamburg. He went to South Africa in 1875, grew rich from the development of diamond mines, and was a colleague…Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
(Encyclopedia) Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: see under Nobel Prize; for a table of the winners of the prize, see Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in…Alfred Kreymborg
Kreymborg, Alfred[1883-1966](2)Born in New York City and educated in the public schools of New York. Mr. Kreymborg was the founder and editor of a little magazine called `Others', which…Alfred Nobel
The Question: Was the Nobel who invented the Nobel prize some sort of explosives expert? What made him decide to start giving awards, especially the Peace Prize…Alfred Free
Alfred FreeBorn: 1913 COMPOSITION OF MATTER. Free revolutionized urinalysis by devising a dip-and-read test, CLINISTIX®, for detecting glucose in urine. Working at Miles Laboratories, he also…Korzybski, Alfred Habdank
(Encyclopedia) Korzybski, Alfred HabdankKorzybski, Alfred Habdankkôrzĭbˈskē [key], 1879–1950, Polish-American linguist, b. Warsaw. In his system, which he called General Semantics, Korzybski aimed at…Davenport, Herbert Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Davenport, Herbert Joseph, 1861–1931, American economist, b. Wilmington, Vt., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1898. He taught at the Univ. of Missouri and at Cornell. In Value and Distribution…Rethel, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Rethel, AlfredRethel, Alfredälˈfrĕt rāˈtəl [key], 1816–59, German historical painter and draftsman. He gained a reputation in Frankfurt, where he painted Daniel in the Lions' Den and…Albert the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Albert the Great, Saint: see Albertus Magnus, Saint.Gregory the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Gregory the Great, Saint: see Gregory I, Saint.Trending
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