Biography Category
(th r´ , th r ´) (KEY) , 1938–, American economist, b. Livingston, Mont.; grad. Williams College, 1960; M.A. Oxford, 1962; Ph.D. Harvard, 1964. Pr...
( mä´n l) (KEY) , 1868–1941, German chess player. He won the world championship in 1894 when he defeated Wilhelm Steinitz and held it until he wa...
1860–1930, American inventor, b. Cortland, N.Y. Although probably best known for his work on the gyroscope, he also invented the gyrocompass (1910),...
(d l´ rd) (KEY) , 1856–1940, American educator, b. Nansemond co., Va., grad. Washington and Lee Univ., 1876. Professor (1891–1907) of Latin at Tu...
(Roald Engelbregt Grauning Amundsen) (r ´äl ä´m ns n) (KEY) , 1872–1928, Norwegian polar explorer; the first person to reach the South Pole. He ...
1796–1856, British admiral and Arctic explorer. He accompanied an expedition N of Spitsbergen in 1818 and wrote an account of it in his Voyage of Di...