FELIX LEOPOLD OSWALD
\fˈiːlɪks lˈi͡əpə͡ʊld ˈɒswə͡ld], \fˈiːlɪks lˈiəpəʊld ˈɒswəld], \f_ˈiː_l_ɪ_k_s l_ˈiə_p_əʊ_l_d ˈɒ_s_w_əl_d]\
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An American naturalist and miscellaneous writer; born at Namur, Belgium, in 1845. He graduated at Liege in 1864, and became a physician; but later abandoned the practice of medicine, and devoted himself to the study of natural history. He resides in Tennessee. His works include: "Summer-Land Sketches" (1880); "Physical Education" (1882); "The Secret of the East; or, The Origin of the Christian Religion" (1883); "Days and Nights in the Tropics" (1887). He died in 1906.
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].