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31KAHN, FLORENCE PRAG — (1866–1948), U.S, congresswoman. Elected in 1924 to the United States House of Representatives for the first of six two year terms, Kahn in her first speech before the House observed that since Moses had conducted the world s first census, she… …
32KAHN, ZADOC — (Zadig; 1839–1905), chief rabbi of France. Born in Mommenheim, Alsace, Kahn was the son of a village peddler. His mother was the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Weyl (Reb Eisik) of Wintzheim, whose father, Jacob Meyer, was a member of the Sanhedrin… …
33KAHN, MADELINE — (Madeline Gail Wolfson; 1942–1999), U.S. actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Kahn began acting in school productions during high school, first at a boarding school in Pennsylvania and then at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, New York,… …
34KAHN, OTTO HERMANN — (1867–1934), U.S. banker, arts patron, and philanthropist. Kahn, who was born in Mannheim, Germany, was the son of Bernhard Kahn, a banker and arts patron. Otto Kahn began his banking career at a small bank in Karlsruhe. After service with a… …
35KAHN, ALFRED JOSEPH — (1919– ), U.S. educator and social planner. Born in New York City, Kahn received his B.S.S. from the City College of New York (1939), his Master s of Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work (1946), and his Ph.D. in Social… …
36KAHN, JULIUS — (1861–1924), U.S. congressman. Kahn, who was born in Kuppenheim, Germany, was taken to the U.S. in 1866. After following a career as an actor for ten years, Kahn became a lawyer (1894). He served one term in the California State Assembly. From… …
37KAHN, LOUIS I. — KAHN, LOUIS I. (1901–1974), U.S. architect. Born on the island of Osel (Saaremaa), Estonia, he was taken to the U.S. in 1905. After traveling in Europe he worked with Paul Cret, an academic architect, and later became an expert in city planning.… …
38KAHN, RICHARD FERDINAND, LORD — (1905–1989), British economist. Kahn, son of Augustus Kahn (1868–1944), a well known educator and communal worker, was a disciple of the economist J.M. Keynes, whom he succeeded as bursar of King s College, Cambridge. Born in London, Kahn was… …
39Kahn test — kän n a serum precipitation reaction for the diagnosis of syphilis called also Kahn, Kahn reaction Kahn Reuben Leon (1887 1979) American immunologist. Kahn s research on blood reactions led him to attempt an improvement of the Wassermann test for …
40KAHN, GUSTAVE — (1859–1936), French poet and author. Kahn, who was born in Metz, was one of the outstanding poets of the Symbolist movement and, with Jules Laforgue, is considered the inventor of vers libre (free verse), which uses mixed rhythms, especially of… …
