Biography Category
(foulz) (KEY) , 1712–75, and Robert Foulis, 1707–76, Scottish printers, brothers. They worked in partnership as printers to the Univ. of Glasgow. ...
(hûrsh´b k) (KEY) , 1932–, American chemist, b. San Jose, Calif., Ph.D. Harvard, 1958. In 1986, Herschbach shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry wit...
(räf-fä ´l gärô´fäl ) (KEY) , 1851–1934, Italian jurist and criminologist. He studied at the Univ. of Naples, where he later taught law and ...
1868–1938, American industrialist, manufacturer of rubber products, b. Columbiana co., Ohio. The son of a prosperous farmer, Harvey Firestone began ...
1820–85, American railroad builder, chief figure in the construction of the Union Pacific RR, b. Lee, Mass. He was successful in building railroads ...
(zhäN bät st´ zhôz f´ dyödôn ´ b s Ng ´) (KEY) , 1802–87, French agricultural chemist. He was professor of chemistry at Lyons and later pro...