Biography Category
(ou´g st v s´män) (KEY) , 1834–1914, German biologist. He taught zoology at the Univ. of Freiburg from 1866 to 1912. He is known as the originato...
1913–, American fashion designer, b. Paris as Oleg Cassini Loiewski. Raised in Italy, he came to the United States in 1936, where in the 1940s he de...
1907–81, American costume designer, b. Los Angeles, Calif. She began to design costumes for the motion pictures in the early 1930s, working at Param...
(fäb´ n gôt´l p fôn b l´ ngzhou´´z n) (KEY) , 1778–1852, Russian explorer, b. Sarema, Estonia. A graduate of the naval academy at Kronstadt...
(Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel) (sh n l´) (KEY) , 1883–1971, French fashion designer. She established her house of couture in Paris. An enormously influ...
(k v´ nd sh) (KEY) , pseud. of Henry Jones, 1831–99, English card game expert. Jones studied medicine, practiced in London, and retired in 1868. He...