Biography Category
one of the Twelve Apostles, called Didymus. According to John, he refused to believe in the resurrection until he saw Jesus’ wounds; hence the expre...
(y ´hän r ´dôlf glou´b r) (KEY) , 1604–70, German alchemist. A forerunner of scientific chemists, Glauber made many practical advances in analy...
(vän d k´) (KEY) , 1601–c.1672, German designer and maker of printing type, who worked in Amsterdam. Types that he designed were used by the Elzev...
(gäspär´ b N´) (KEY) , 1560–1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and spe...
1922–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Chicago. Lang was a soloist with Martha Graham’s company (1942–52) before forming her own company i...
(g ld) (KEY) , 1864–1923, U.S. railroad owner, b. New York City; son of Jay Gould. He was associated with his father, inherited all the holdings on ...