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(Encyclopedia) Van Rensselaer, Martha, 1864–1932, American home economist and pioneer in the development of extension courses for women in rural areas, b. Randolph, N.Y. In 1900 she joined the faculty of Cornell t...

(Encyclopedia) Deventer, Sir Jacob Louis van yäˈkōp lo͞oēˈ fän dĕfˈəntər [key], 1874?–1922, Boer general. In the South African War he commanded guerrilla forces in the Cape Colony. During World War I he...

(Encyclopedia) Siebold, Philipp Franz van fēˈlĭp fränts fen zēˈbôlt [key], 1796–1866, German naturalist and physician; son of A. E. von Siebold. He was noted for his studies of the natural history, ethnogra...

(Encyclopedia) Roland Holst, Henriëtte (van der Schalk) hĕnrēĕtˈə vän dĕr skhälk rōˈlänt hôlst [key], 1869–1952, Dutch writer. Her early Sonnets and Poems Written in Terza Rima (1895) won praise for o...

(Encyclopedia) van der Waals equation: see gas laws. ...

(Encyclopedia) van der Waals forces: see intermolecular forces. ...

(Encyclopedia) Livingston, Peter Van Brugh: see under Livingston, family. ...

(Encyclopedia) Meer, Jan or Johannes van der: see Vermeer, Jan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Van Dine, S. S.: see Wright, Willard Huntington. ...

(Encyclopedia) Faes, Pieter van der: see Lely, Sir Peter. ...