Biography Category
1906–71, American inventor, b. Beaver, Utah, grad. Brigham Young Univ., 1925. He demonstrated (1927) a working model of a television system. His “...
(gôr´ n) (KEY) , 1901–91, American expert on bridge, b. Philadelphia, grad. McGill Univ., 1922. Goren played bridge as a law student and by 1931 w...
1926–, American biologist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Western Reserve Univ., 1952. A professor at Washington Univ. at St. Louis and Stanford Univ., he ...
(James Marcel Taffin) (üb r´ d zh väNsh ´) (KEY) , 1927–, French fashion designer. He established his house of couture in Paris. A disciple of ...
(1991 pop. 2,652), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres ...
(v l´h lm fr ´h r f n h m´bôlt) (KEY) , 1767–1835, German statesman and philologist; brother of Alexander von Humboldt. As Prussian minister of ...