Lobachevsky

Lobachevsky
/loh'beuh chef"skee/; Russ. /leuh bu chyef"skyee/, n.
Nikolai Ivanovich /nyi ku luy" ee vah"neuh vyich/, 1793-1856, Russian mathematician.

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