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Agricola, Rudolphus
(Encyclopedia) Agricola, Rudolphus, 1443–85, Dutch humanist, whose real name was Roelof Huysmann. He opposed scholasticism and spread the culture of the Renaissance throughout Germany greatly…Mozarabs
(Encyclopedia) MozarabsMozarabsmōzârˈəbz [key], Christians of Muslim Spain. Their position was the usual one of Christians and Jews in Islam: they were a separate community, locally autonomous, and…Aryan
(Encyclopedia) AryanAryanârˈēən [key], [Sanskrit,=noble], term formerly used to designate the Indo-European race or language family or its Indo-Iranian subgroup. Originally a group of nomadic tribes…civilization
(Encyclopedia) civilization, culture with a relatively high degree of elaboration and technical development. The term civilization also designates that complex of cultural elements that first…Wissler, Clark
(Encyclopedia) Wissler, Clark, 1870–1947, American anthropologist, b. Wayne, Ind., grad. Indiana Univ., 1897, Ph.D. Columbia, 1901. At first a teacher of psychology, he became interested in…Hampton University
(Encyclopedia) Hampton University, at Hampton, Va.; coeducational; founded 1868, chartered 1870 as a normal and agricultural school; known as Hampton Institute 1930–84. Founded by Samuel Chapman…Boas, Franz
(Encyclopedia) Boas, FranzBoas, Franzbōˈăz, –ăs [key], 1858–1942, German-American anthropologist, b. Minden, Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Kiel, 1881. He joined an expedition to Baffin Island in 1883 and…Olmec
(Encyclopedia) OlmecOlmecōlˈmĕk [key], term denoting the culture of ancient Mexican natives inhabiting the tropical coastal plain of the contemporary states of Veracruz and Tabasco, between 1300 and…Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail
(Encyclopedia) Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College…inoculation
(Encyclopedia) inoculation, in medicine, introduction of a preparation into the tissues or fluids of the body for the purpose of preventing or curing certain diseases. The preparation is usually a…Trending
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