Biography Category
(wôr´k p côrn´f rth) (KEY) , 1917–, Australian chemist, Ph.D. Oxford Univ., 1941. Although Cornforth suffered a hearing loss from childhood, he ...
(m k´ ) (KEY) , 1831–1902, American financier, b. Dublin, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1840. In 1859 he joined the rush to Nevada...
1851–1936, American writer on economics, called Coin Harvey, b. Buffalo, Putnam co., W.Va. He studied at Marshall College, practiced law, and intere...
(väl´t r h r´män n rnst) (KEY) , 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist, a founder of modern physical chemistry. After doing outstanding resear...
(v lärd´) (KEY) , 1835–1900, American journalist and financier, b. Germany. His first name was originally Hilgard. He attended universities in Ger...
( stâr´) (KEY) , 1899–1987, American dancer, actor, and singer, b. Omaha, Nebr., as Frederick Austerlitz. After 1911 he and his sister Adele forme...