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Jennings, Herbert Spencer
(Encyclopedia) Jennings, Herbert Spencer, 1868–1947, American zoologist, b. Tonica, Ill., B.S. Univ. of Michigan, 1893, Ph.D. Harvard, 1896. He was professor of zoology at Johns Hopkins (1906–10) and…Brockway, Zebulon Reed
(Encyclopedia) Brockway, Zebulon Reed, 1827–1920, American penologist, b. Lyme, Conn. As superintendent of the House of Correction in Detroit, he tried to introduce in 1869 the indeterminate sentence…Brewer's: Lateran
The ancient palace of the Laterani, given by the Emperor Constantine to the popes. Lateran, from lateo, to hide, and rana, a frog. It is said that Nero ... on one occasion vomited a frog…Brewer's: Psycarpax
[granary thief]. Son of Troxartas, King of the Mice. The Frogking offered to carry the young prince over a lake, but scarcely had he got midway when a water-hydra appeared, and King Frog,…Brewer's: Galvanism
(g hard). So called from Louis Galvani, of Bologna. Signora Galvani in 1790 had frog-soup prescribed for her diet, and one day some skinned frogs which happened to be placed near an…Dangerous Animals: Scorpions, Bears, and Poison-Dart Tree Frogs
Scorpions, bears, and poison-dart tree frogs by David Johnson Some tree frogs produce the most toxic biological substances known. Profiles of Dangerous Animals Animals…Mo Yan
(Encyclopedia) Mo Yan, 1955–, Chinese novelist, pen name of Guan Moye, b. Shandong prov. Mo is one of contemporary China's most prolific and popular writers. He left school in the fifth grade and did…parthenogenesis
(Encyclopedia) parthenogenesisparthenogenesispärˌthənōjĕnˈəsĭs [key] [Gr.,=virgin birth], in biology, a form of reproduction in which the ovum develops into a new individual without fertilization.…Melchers, Gari
(Encyclopedia) Melchers, GariMelchers, Garigârˈē mĕlˈchərz [key], 1860–1932, American figure, genre, and portrait painter, b. Detroit, studied in Düsseldorf and Paris. In Holland he painted the…Nicolet, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Nicolet, JeanNicolet, JeanzhäN nēkôlāˈ [key], 1598?–1642, French explorer in the Old Northwest. He came to New France with Samuel de Champlain in 1618. In 1634, under the direction of…Trending
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