Biography Category
(j ´m s n) (KEY) , 1944–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Philadelphia. She studied ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance, and made her debut w...
1838–98, British chemist. He studied at the Royal College of Chemistry in London and worked as an industrial chemist. Newlands prepared the first pe...
(ô´t hän) (KEY) , 1879–1968, German chemist and physicist. His important contributions in the field of radioactivity include the discovery of se...
(Robert Edward Turner 3d), 1938–, American television network executive, b. Cincinnati. After inheriting his father’s billboard company, he founde...
(dr k´s l) (KEY) , 1826–93, American banker and philanthropist, b. Philadelphia. He entered (1838) at an early age the well-known banking firm of D...
(zhôz f´ lw g -lüsäk´) (KEY) , 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist. He was professor in Paris at the Sorbonne, at the Polytechnic School, ...