Biography Category
( bn kh ´l k n) (KEY) or Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barmaki al-Irbili ash-Shafii, 1211–82, Arabic biographer, b. in Erbil, Iraq. Ibn Khallikan lived an...
1904–89, American historian, b. New York City. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1930, taught (1927–49) at the College of the City of New Yor...
(ädôlf´ t dôr´ brôNyär´) (KEY) , 1801–76, French botanist; son of Alexandre Brongniart. He was a pioneer in the study of plant morphology a...
1858–1954, American botanist and horticulturist, b. South Haven, Mich., grad. Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1882. At Cor...
(n k´ l ) (KEY) , 1832–1901, biographer of Lincoln, b. Bavaria. In 1837 he was brought to the United States, and his family settled in Pike co., Il...
(äl-bälä´th r ) (KEY) , d. c.892, Arab historian. One of the most important Arab historians, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed grea...