Biography Category
(th ´l s n´´) (KEY) or Tasmanian wolf, carnivorous marsupial, or pouched mammal, of Tasmania. The thylacine is often cited as an example of conver...
(g rn´r kh) (KEY) , 1922–85, American fashion designer, b. Vienna. In 1938, he fled to California, where he studied in Los Angeles. He worked as a ...
1815–1900, founder of Clark Univ., b. Hubbardston, Mass. After a long career in business and finance, he became interested in higher education, maki...
(här´sh m, h v´ rsh m) (KEY) , 1834–1923, English topographer and geologist. An officer in the British army (1851–77), he was assigned to sever...
1804–34, English explorer. He accompanied Clapperton to the Niger River in 1827 and brought back Clapperton’s journal, which was published (1829) ...
1835–1901, American inventor, b. Barnesville, Ohio. He patented many electrical devices, most of them having to do with the telegraph. His telautogr...