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Born July 30, 1816, in Jarlsberg og Lar-vik; died Feb. 17, 1892, in Christiania, present-day Oslo. Norwegian political figure.A lawyer by profession, Sverdrup became a deputy to the Storting (parliament) in 1851 and served as its president from 1871 to 1884. In 1884 he helped found the liberal opposition party, the Venstre (Left), in the Storting. As prime minister from 1884 to 1889, Sverdrup ...

... 1854–97) baseball pitcher; born in Rochester, N.Y. A right-hander who primarily pitched for Providence and Boston during his 12-year career (1880–91), he established the major league record for most wins in a season (60) in 1884. Nicknamed for his indefatigable willingness to pitch (he pitched in 678 innings in 1884), he was elected to baseball's Hall of ...

1839–1916, French psychologist. He was professor of experimental psychology at the Sorbonne and later at the Collège de France. His many works include Heredity: A Psychological Study of Its Phenomena, Laws, Causes, and Consequences (1873, tr. 1875), The Diseases of the Will. (1884, tr. 1884), The Diseases of Personality. (1885, tr. 1887), and The Psychology of the Emotions. (1896, tr. 1897).

... n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.

... pen name, Stefan Basarabianu). Born 1850 in Kishinev; died 1917. Moldavian writer. The son of an official.Crăsescu studied at the theological seminary in Kishinev and then at the University of Novorossiisk. He participated in the Narodnik (Populist) movement, then emigrated to Switzerland, and in 1879 moved to Rumania, where he joined the socialists. He ...