Biography Category
(hwän s bästyän´ d l kä´n ) (KEY) , c.1476–1526, Spanish navigator, the first to circumnavigate the globe. Under Magellan he commanded the Con...
(t b r´ s) (KEY) , town (1994 pop. 36,400), NE Israel, on the Sea of Galilee, 682 ft (208 m) below sea level. It is one of the four holy cities of J...
(spr g) (KEY) , 1857–1934, American electrical engineer, b. Milford, Conn., grad. Annapolis, 1878. He was an assistant to Thomas Edison in 1883 and ...
1864–1941, American educator, organizer, and sociologist, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Yale, 1885, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1896; son of Bishop John Heyl...
1942–, American educator and theologian, b. Summit, N.J. He studied in Germany before graduating from Princeton Univ. He earned a B.D. degree from Y...
1787–1870, American educator, pioneer in woman’s education, b. Emma Hart in Berlin, Conn. She attended and later taught in the local academy and i...