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Keller, Helen Adams

(Encyclopedia) Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of…

Kisfaludy, Károly

(Encyclopedia) Kisfaludy, KárolyKisfaludy, Károlykäˈroi kĭshˈfŏl&oomacr;dē [key], 1788–1830, Hungarian dramatist, founder of the Hungarian national drama. Kisfaludy traveled abroad extensively…

Loeb, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Loeb, JacquesLoeb, Jacqueslōb [key], 1859–1924, American physiologist, b. Germany, M.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1884. He came to the United States in 1891 and taught at Bryn Mawr, the…

Desmoulins, Camille

(Encyclopedia) Desmoulins, CamilleDesmoulins, Camillekämēˈyə dām&oomacr;lăNˈ [key], 1760–94, French revolutionary and journalist. His oratory of July 12, 1789, contributed to the storming of the…

Janet, Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Janet, PierreJanet, Pierrepyĕr zhänāˈ [key], 1859–1947, French physician and psychologist. As director (1890–98) of the laboratory of pathological psychology at Salpêtrière and as…

Jelliffe, Smith Ely

(Encyclopedia) Jelliffe, Smith ElyJelliffe, Smith Elyjĕˈlĭf [key], 1866–1945, American neurologist and psychiatrist, b. New York City, M.D. Columbia, 1889. He was consultant at Manhattan State…

Rosset, Barney Lee, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Rosset, Barney Lee, Jr., 1922–2012, American publisher, b. Chicago. As head (1951–85) of Grove Press, he published literary works previously deemed too obscene or unconventional for…

Scott, James Brown

(Encyclopedia) Scott, James Brown, 1866–1943, American lawyer and educator, b. Ontario. He studied international law at Harvard and at Berlin, Heidelberg, and Paris. He was dean of the law schools of…

Barthes, Roland

(Encyclopedia) Barthes, RolandBarthes, RolandrôläNˈ bärt [key], 1915–80, French critic. Barthes was one of the founding figures in the theoretical movement centered around the journal Tel Quel. In…

Silliman, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Silliman, Benjamin, 1779–1864, American chemist, geologist, and physicist, b. Trumbull, Conn., grad. Yale, 1796. In 1802 he was appointed first professor of chemistry and natural…