Biography Category
1906–53, American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher, b. Indianapolis. Moving to California in 1928, Horton formed his own company in Los Ang...
1924–, French dancer and choreographer, b. Villemoble. Petit joined the Paris Opéra company at 15 and in 1948 founded Les Ballets de Paris de Rolan...
( güst´ l räN´) (KEY) , 1808–53, French organic chemist. He devised a systematic nomenclature for organic chemistry. His studies on naphthalene ...
(ou´g st v l´h lm f n hôf´män) (KEY) , 1818–92, German organic chemist. He was professor at the Univ. of Berlin from 1865 and was a founder (18...
(lw zhäk t när´) (KEY) , 1777–1857, French chemist. He became professor at the Collège de France (1802), dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Paris...
(tä´tä) (KEY) , Parsi family of Indian industrialists, centered at Bombay. The Tata enterprises, which encompass vast holdings in iron and steel, m...