(Encyclopedia) Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, BaronGuyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baronlwē bĕrnärˈ bärôNˈ gētôNˈ də môrvōˈ [key], 1737–1816, French chemist and lawyer. He wrote the chemical…
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(Encyclopedia) Neurath, Otto, 1882–1945, Austrian philosopher, social scientist, and design theorist, b. Vienna. During the 1920s and 30s he was both a Marxist and a member of the Vienna Circle, an…
(Encyclopedia) Rowton, Montagu William Lowry Corry, 1st BaronRowton, Montagu William Lowry Corry, 1st Baronrôtˈən, rouˈ– [key], 1838–1903, English philanthropist. He was called to the bar in 1863.…
The Question: I am helping my daughter learn more about skyscrapers, but I have been unable to locate the answer to one question. How many stories does a…
(Encyclopedia) Inverchapel of Loch Eck, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st BaronInverchapel of Loch Eck, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st Baronkär, ĭnˌvərchăpˈəl, lŏkh ĕk [key], 1882–1951,…
(Encyclopedia) Reuter, Baron Paul Julius vonReuter, Baron Paul Julius vonbärōnˈ poul y&oomacr;ˈly&oobreve;s fən [key]Reuter, Baron Paul Julius von roiˈtər [key], 1816–99, founder of Reuters…
(Encyclopedia) Lovat, Simon Fraser, 11th BaronLovat, Simon Fraser, 11th Baronlŭvˈət [key], 1675?–1747, Scottish nobleman and Jacobite conspirator. The nephew of the 9th baron, he and his father…
(Encyclopedia) Montmorency, Mathieu II, baron deMontmorency, Mathieu II, baron demätyöˈ bärôNˈ də [key]Montmorency, Mathieu II, baron de môNmôräNsēˈ [key], d. 1230, constable of France (1218–30),…
