兰出生的犹太裔美国电气工程师、企业家和科学技术史家。他建立了迪布纳基金(Dibner Fund)并捐助建立了两个科学技术史有关的博物馆。 PaulAvrich, The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States
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