Biography Category
(m ´khail bar ´´shn käv´) (KEY) , 1948–, Russian-American dancer and choreographer, b. Riga, Latvia. He studied in Riga and performed with the ...
(j k´) (KEY) , 1895–1982, American chemist, b. Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada, grad. Univ. of California (B.S., 1920; Ph.D., 1922). A member of the f...
1920–, American biologist, b. Shanghai, China. As researchers at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle, Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs discovered a biologi...
1841–1900, American copper magnate, b. Ireland. He went to New York City at 15 and later moved to California, where he worked as a miner. He was emp...
1883–1966, American printer-publisher, b. Steubenville, Ohio. Hunter is known for his researches and writings on the history and technique of paperm...
1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England ...