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Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr.

(Encyclopedia)Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr., 1868–1953, American art critic and teacher, b. Deep River, Conn., grad. Williams, 1889, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1892. He taught (1893–1900) at Williams and was professor (1...

Lorentz contraction

(Encyclopedia)Lorentz contraction lôrˈĕnts [key], in physics, contraction or foreshortening of a moving body in the direction of its motion, proposed by H. A. Lorentz on theoretical grounds and based on an earli...

Keith, James Francis Edward

(Encyclopedia)Keith, James Francis Edward, 1696–1758, Scottish field marshal of Prussia; brother of George Keith, 10th earl marischal [marshal] of Scotland. He participated in the Jacobite uprising of 1715 and in...

Mayor, Michel Gustave Edward

(Encyclopedia)Mayor, Michel Gustave Edward, 1942–, Swiss astrophysicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Geneva, 1971. He spent his entire career at the Univ. of Geneva, retiring as professor emeritus in 2007. In 2019 Mayor and D...

Mars, Forrest Edward, Sr.

(Encyclopedia)Mars, Forrest Edward, Sr.: see under Mars, family of American food manufacturers. ...

Jones, Sir Edward Burne-

(Encyclopedia)Jones, Sir Edward Burne-: see Burne-Jones. ...

Judson, Edward Zane Carroll

(Encyclopedia)Judson, Edward Zane Carroll: see Buntline, Ned. ...

James Francis Edward Stuart

(Encyclopedia)James Francis Edward Stuart: see Stuart, James Francis Edward. ...

Appleton, Sir Edward Victor

(Encyclopedia)Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892–1965, English physicist, grad. St. John's College, Cambridge. After returning from active service in World War I, he became assistant demonstrator in experimental p...