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Edward Levy 2001 Deaths

Edward LevyAge: 74 longtime manager and coach of the N.Y. Pioneer Club, one of the country's leading amateur athletic clubs which produced U.S. track and field Olympians such as John Carlos…

Edward Levi 2000 Deaths

Edward LeviAge: 88 former attorney general who was called upon during the country's darkest hour to rehabilitate the Justice Department following the Watergate scandal. He is widely…

Levi P. Morton Biography

Levi P. Mortonbanker, political figureBorn: 5/16/1824Birthplace: Shoreham, Vt. Having built a small fortune working in a country store in Hanover, New Hampshire, he went on to become a…

Gersonides

(Encyclopedia) GersonidesGersonidesgərsŏnˈĭdēz [key] or Levi ben GershonGersonideslēˈvī bĕn gûrˈshən [key], 1288–1344, Jewish philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, called also Ralbag, from the…

structuralism

(Encyclopedia) structuralism, theory that uses culturally interconnected signs to reconstruct systems of relationships rather than studying isolated, material things in themselves. This method found…

Liddon, Henry Parry

(Encyclopedia) Liddon, Henry Parry, 1829–90, English clergyman, a noted preacher and lecturer. As canon of St. Paul's Cathedral (1870–90) and Dean Ireland professor of exegesis at Oxford (1870–82),…

Giauque, William Francis

(Encyclopedia) Giauque, William FrancisGiauque, William Francisjēōkˈ [key], 1895–1982, American chemist, b. Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada, grad. Univ. of California (B.S., 1920; Ph.D., 1922). A member…

Hirsch, Emil Gustav

(Encyclopedia) Hirsch, Emil GustavHirsch, Emil Gustavhûrsh [key], 1851–1923, American rabbi, b. Luxembourg. He was rabbi in Baltimore and Louisville, Ky., but is best known for his work as rabbi of…

Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, c.490,000 sq mi (1,260,000 sq km), central Pacific Ocean; est. 2009. The monument comprises the waters and reefs surrounding seven…