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(Encyclopedia)Brooklyn College: see New York, City University of. ...lignum vitae
(Encyclopedia)lignum vitae lĭgˈnəm vīˈtē [key] [Lat.,=wood of life], tropical American evergreen tree of the genus Guaiacum. The hard, dense, and extremely durable wood, obtained chiefly from G. officinale an...Young, Iris Marion
(Encyclopedia)Young, Iris Marion, 1949–2006, American philosopher and political theorist, b. New York, Ph.D. Penn State University, 1974. An activist-intellectual, ...Evans, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Evans, Mount, peak, 14,260 ft (4,346 m) high, N central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts. At its summit is the Inter-University High Altitude Laboratory. ...Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson
(Encyclopedia)Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson sĕlˈĭgmən [key], 1861–1939, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1885. As professor (1885–1931) at Columbia, he edited the “Columbia Universi...Butler, Judith
(Encyclopedia)Butler, Judith, 1956–, American philosopher and political theorist, b. Cleveland, Ph.D. Yale University, 1984. Holds the Hannah Arendt Chair at The Eu...González de León, Teodoro
(Encyclopedia)González de León, Teodoro, 1926–2016, Mexican architect, b. Mexico City. After studying at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1942–47), he was a draftsman (1948–49) in Le Corbusier'...Baron, Salo Wittmayer
(Encyclopedia)Baron, Salo Wittmayer säˈlō vĭtˈmīər bärônˈ [key], 1895–1989, Jewish historian and educator, b. Galicia. He was taken as a child to Vienna, where he later studied at the university, earnin...academic freedom
(Encyclopedia)academic freedom, right of scholars to pursue research, to teach, and to publish without control or restraint from the institutions that employ them. It is a civil right that is enjoyed, at least in s...Apuleius, Lucius
(Encyclopedia)Apuleius, Lucius ăˌpyo͝olēˈəs [key], c.124–c.170, Latin writer, satirist, rhetorician, b. Hippo (now Bône, Algeria). His narrative romance The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses is the only Latin wo...Browse by Subject
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