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Born: 1885Birthplace: rural Mississippi Nystatin—Hazen and Brown: Nystatin was the world's first non-toxic anti-fungal antibiotic. It cured fungal infections of the skin, mouth, throat, and…
Born: 9/22/1915Birthplace: Austin, Texas constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court…
(Encyclopedia) Meiklejohn, AlexanderMeiklejohn, Alexandermĭkˈəljŏn [key], 1872–1964, American educator, b. Rochdale, England, grad. Brown Univ., 1893, Ph.D. Cornell, 1897. He taught philosophy at…
(Encyclopedia) Scholz's star, dim binary star system, consisting of a red dwarf and brown dwarf, in the constellation Monoceros, apparent magnitude 18.3. The red dwarf is a tiny star, with less than…
(Encyclopedia) towheetowheetōˈhē, tōhēˈ, t&oomacr;ˈhē [key], common name for a North American bird of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Towhees are also called chewinks, for their call, and…
(Encyclopedia) Wollemi pineWollemi pinewŏlˈəmīˌ [key], primitive tree, Wollemia nobilis, of the conifer family Araucariaceae, named after Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, Australia, where it…
(Encyclopedia) Wayland, Francis, 1796–1865, American clergyman and educator, b. New York City, grad. Union College, 1813, and studied at Andover Theological Seminary. As pastor (1821–26) of the First…