Biography Category
(fräNswä´ vät l´) (KEY) , fl. 17th cent., French chef, famous in the time of Louis XIV. Mme Marie de Sévigné, in her letters, speaks of him as ...
(äl ´) (KEY) , 1911–, French economist. After working in the French mine administration, he joined the École National Superieure des Mines in Par...
(d br ´) (KEY) , 1921–2005, French-American economist, b. Calais, France. He studied mathematics in France before coming to the United States in 19...
(r ´z nwôld) (KEY) , 1862–1932, American merchant and philanthropist, b. Springfield, Ill. He was president (1910–25), and later chairman of the...
1901–72, American librarian, b. Johannesburg, South Africa. After studying philosophy at Harvard, Clapp worked for the Library of Congress (1922–5...
1856–1930, American economist and educator, b. New Haven, Conn.; son of James Hadley. A graduate (1876) of Yale, he was on the faculty (1879–99) a...