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81Perutz, Max Ferdinand — born May 19, 1914, Vienna, Austria died Feb. 6, 2002, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. Austrian British biochemist. With John Cowdery Kendrew he founded the Medical Research Council Unit for Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge. His… …
82Wang Mang — born 45 BC, China died Oct 6, AD 23, Chang an Founder of the short lived Xin dynasty (AD 9–25), an interlude between the two halves of the Han dynasty in China. Wang s family was well connected to the Han imperial family, and in 8 BC Wang was… …
83Abraham, Karl — born May 3, 1877, Bremen, Ger. died Dec. 25, 1925, Berlin German psychoanalyst. He helped establish the first branch of the International Psychoanalytic Institute in 1910 and pioneered the psychoanalytic treatment of manic depressive psychosis… …
84Ambler, Eric — born June 28, 1909, London, Eng. died Oct. 22, 1998, London British author of espionage and crime novels. Among his works are The Dark Frontier (1936), Epitaph for a Spy (1938), A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939), Journey into Fear (1940; film, 1942) …
85Chaucer, Geoffrey — born с 1342/43, London?, Eng. died Oct. 25, 1400, London English poet. Of middle class birth, he was a courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, trusted by three kings in his active and varied career, and a poet only by avocation. His first… …
86Engels, Friedrich — born Nov. 28, 1820, Barmen, Rhine Province, Prussia died Aug. 5, 1895, London, Eng. German socialist philosopher. Son of a factory owner, he eventually became a successful businessman himself, never allowing his criticism of capitalism to… …
87Freud, Sigmund — born May 6, 1856, Freiberg, Moravia, Austrian Empire died Sept. 23, 1939, London, Eng. Austrian neuropsychologist, founder of psychoanalysis, and one of the major intellectual figures of the 20th century. Trained in Vienna as a neurologist, Freud …
88Mazzini, Giuseppe — born June 22, 1805, Genoa died March 10, 1872, Pisa, Italy Italian patriot and a major figure in the making of modern Italy. A lawyer, he joined the secret independence group Carbonari. After he was imprisoned for its activities, he moved to… …
89Mei Juecheng — born May 19, 1681, Xuan Cheng, Anhui province, China died Nov. 20, 1763, China Chinese court official, mathematician, and astronomer. He learned mathematics from his grandfather Mei Wending. In 1713 he joined the Mengyangzhai (imperial bureau… …
90Spenser, Edmund — born 1552/53, London, Eng. died Jan. 13, 1599, London English poet. Little is known for certain about his life before he entered the University of Cambridge. His first important publication, The Shepheardes Calender (1579), can be called the… …
