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Grant, George Munro
(Encyclopedia)Grant, George Munro, 1835–1902, Canadian educator and author, b. Nova Scotia, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. From 1877 to 1902 he was principal of Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont.; under him the uni...Helmstedt
(Encyclopedia)Helmstedt hĕlmˈshtĕt [key], city, Lower Saxony, N central Germany. Manufactures include bricks, ...Hasselmann, Klaus
(Encyclopedia)Hasselmann, Klaus, 1931–, b. Hamburg, Germany. German climate scientist and oceanographer. Hasselmann is the founder and former director of the Max ...Huesca
(Encyclopedia)Huesca wāˈskä [key], town, capital of Huesca prov., NE Spain, in Aragón, at the foot of t...L'Huillier, Anne
(Encyclopedia)Anne L'Huillier, 1958–, b. Paris, France, French-Swedish physicist, studied at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, and Commissariat à l’Energ...Cirebon
(Encyclopedia)Cirebon chēˌrĭbŏnˈ [key], formerly Tjirebon, port city, district, and seaport, N Java, I...Champaign
(Encyclopedia)Champaign shămpānˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 88,302), Champaign co., E central Ill.; inc. 1860. ...Karik**oacute**, Katalin
(Encyclopedia)Karikó, Katalin, Jan., 1955–, b. Szolnok, Hungary, Hungarian-American biochemist, studied at József Attila Univ., Szeged, ...Jyväskylä
(Encyclopedia)Jyväskylä yüˈvăsküˌlă [key], city (1998 pop. 76,948), Western Finland prov., S central Finland. Situated on Lake Päijänne, it is an important port. Paper and wood products, metals, wool, and...Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray
(Encyclopedia)Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray lăngˈkəstər [key], 1847–1929, English zoologist. He was a professor at University College, London (1874–90) and Oxford (1891–98) and was director of the natural hist...Browse by Subject
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