Biography Category
(j r´ärd, j rärd´) (KEY) , 1545–1612, English botanist and barber-surgeon. He compiled a catalog (1596) of the plants in his garden, the first o...
1728–99, Scottish chemist and physician, b. France. He was professor of chemistry at Glasgow (1756–66) and from 1766 at Edinburgh. He is best know...
1627–91, Anglo-Irish physicist and chemist. The seventh son of the 1st earl of Cork, he was educated at Eton and on the Continent and conducted most...
(p ´n boush) (KEY) , 1940–, German dancer and choreographer. After training with Kurt Jooss, she studied in New York with Antony Tudor, Paul Taylo...
1863–1947, American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer, b. Dearborn, Mich.
The Inception of the Ford Motor Company
Ford showed mechani...
(gr n´j n, Fr. r b r´ gräNzhôN´) (KEY) , fl. 1545–88, French designer of type and printer. He began his work in Paris and afterward worked in L...