Biography Category
(k n´ l ) (KEY) , 1861–1939, American electrical engineer, b. Bombay, India, educated at University College School, London. He was Edison’s chief...
1849–1945, English electrical engineer. He was a leader in the development of electric lighting, the telephone, and wireless telegraphy in England a...
(br m´ ld) (KEY) , 1904–87, American educator, b. Neillsville, Wis., grad. Ripon College, 1926; Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1931. Brameld was best know...
(William Ralph Blass), 1922–2002, American fashion designer, b. Fort Wayne, Ind. Active for three decades, he was most noted for high-quality, high-...
( th r´ ) (KEY) , fl. 880, Norse explorer. His account of his voyage around the North Cape, along Lapland, and into the White Sea was incorporated by...
(zhäN bät st´ täv rny ´) (KEY) , 1605–89, French traveler in Asia. He undertook six voyages, which took him as far as the East Indies and Java,...