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Chih-i

(Encyclopedia) Chih-iChih-ichēˈ-ē [key], 538–97, Chinese Buddhist scholar and founder of the T'ien-t'ai (in Japan, called Tendai, or Lotus) school of Buddhism. Chih-i produced a conceptual framework…

Hu Shih

(Encyclopedia) Hu ShihHu Shihh&oomacr; shŭr [key], 1891–1962, Chinese philosopher and essayist, leading liberal intellectual in the May Fourth Movement (1917–23). He studied under John Dewey at…

Zhenjiang

(Encyclopedia) ZhenjiangZhenjiangjŭnˈjyängˈ [key] or ChinkiangZhenjiangchĭnˈkyăngˈ, jĭnˈjyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 405,700), S Jiangsu prov., China, a port at the junction of the Grand Canal…

Steven Douglas SYMMS, Congress, ID (1938)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-1993Party: RepublicanSYMMS, Steven Douglas, a Representative and a Senator from Idaho; born in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, April 23, 1938; attended the public…

Gray, Elisha

(Encyclopedia) Gray, Elisha, 1835–1901, American inventor, b. Barnesville, Ohio. He patented many electrical devices, most of them having to do with the telegraph. His telautograph (1888) for…

Women Inventors

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions   Inventions   Women Inventors Female Ingenuity The "Lady Edisons"—Women Inventors in the 20th Century African-…

Li Dazhao

(Encyclopedia) Li DazhaoLi Dazhaolē dä-jou [key], 1888–1927, professor of history and librarian at Beijing Univ., cofounder of the Chinese Communist party with Chen Duxiu. He was the first important…