Biography Category
(äk´ môr´ tä) (KEY) , 1921–99, Japanese business executive, b. Nagoya, Japan. The eldest son of a successful sake brewer, Morita joined Masar...
1841–1904, American financier and political leader, b. Conway, Mass. After attending (1863–64) Harvard law school, he moved to New York City, beca...
(shüän-dzäng) (KEY) , 605?–664, Chinese Buddhist scholar and translator. He early entered monastic life and later traveled in China, teaching and...
(zhôrzh ôgüst´ skôfy ´) (KEY) , 1846–1935, French authority on cooking. Regarded by some as the greatest chef in history, he went to work at ...
(h r´män fräntz m ´r ts kôp) (KEY) , 1817–92, German physical chemist and historian of chemistry. His research concerned the connection between...
(dy ´ r) (KEY) , 1842–1923, British chemist and physicist, b. Scotland. He was professor of chemistry (from 1877) at the Royal Institution, London,...