Biography Category
(g län´ s) (KEY) , 1925–, American fashion designer, b. Philadelphia. His luxurious designs employ the most exacting workmanship and are extremely...
(t s´l ) (KEY) , 1856–1943, American electrician and inventor, b. Croatia (then an Austrian province). He emigrated to the United States in 1884, w...
(Marchese Emilio Pucci di Barsento) (p ´ch ) (KEY) , 1914–92, Italian fashion designer. After establishing showrooms in Florence, Capri, and Rome, ...
1914–, American educator and psychologist, b. Panama Canal Zone, grad. Howard (B.A., 1935) and Columbia (Ph.D., 1940). He taught psychology at Howar...
1586–1635, English explorer. As a master mariner, he set forth in 1631 to hunt for the Northwest Passage. He explored the southern shore of Hudson B...
1796–1865, American clergyman and educator, b. New York City, grad. Union College, 1813, and studied at Andover Theological Seminary. As pastor (182...