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121Gibbs, J Willard — ▪ American scientist born , Feb. 11, 1839, New Haven, Conn., U.S. died April 28, 1903, New Haven theoretical physicist and chemist who was one of the greatest scientists in the United States in the 19th century. His application of thermodynamic… …
122Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein — ▪ British historian original name Ludwik Bernstein Niemirowski born June 27, 1888, Wola Okrzejska, near Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire died Aug. 19, 1960, London, Eng. British historian, who was most noted for his work on 18th and 19th… …
123Corrie family — Arms of the Corries (or Curries) of Newbie, a branch of the family. The Corrie family, also known as the Currie family, was a Scottish family which was once seated in what is today the civil parish of Hutton and Corrie, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland …
124Mikhail Shultz — Mikhail Mikhailovich Shultz Mikhail Shultz Born 1 July 1919 …
125Minotti — was a Governor of Corinth, then under the power of the Doge. In 1715 the city was stormed by the Turks, and during the siege one of the magazines in the Turkish camp blew up, killing 600 men. Byron says it was Minotti himself who fired the train …
126THOREAU, HENRY DAVID — an American author who, next to his friend and neighbour Emerson, gave the most considerable impulse to the transcendental movement in American literature, born in Concord, where his life was mostly spent, of remote French extraction; was with …
127principal — I. a. Chief, main, first, highest, leading, foremost, pre eminent, cardinal, most considerable, most important, great, capital, essential. II. n. 1. Chief, head, leader, chief actor, chief party. 2. Master, head master. 3. Employer. 4. Capital… …
128Admiral — Ad mi*ral, n. [OE. amiral, admiral, OF. amiral, ultimately fr. Ar. am[=i]r al bahr commander of the sea; Ar. am[=i]r is commander, al is the Ar. article, and am[=i]r al, heard in different titles, was taken as one word. Early forms of the word… …
