Biography Category
(s k´ z m) (KEY) , religion centered in the Indian state of Punjab, numbering worldwide some 19 million. Some 300,000 Sikhs live in Britain, and ther...
(lw bl r ´) (KEY) , 1872–1936, French aviator and inventor. He devoted the fortune acquired by his invention of an automobile searchlight to the ...
(y ´hän fränts ng´k ) (KEY) , 1791–1865, German astronomer. He was assistant (1816–22) and director (1822–25) of the observatory at Seeberg...
(fr ´dr kh v l´h lm ou´g st är´g länd r) (KEY) , 1799–1875, German astronomer. He became director of the observatory at the Univ. of Bonn in 1...
advertising medium in which aircraft spell out trade names and sales slogans in the sky by means of the controlled emission of thick smoke. The techni...
(j vän´n s gänt ´n ) (KEY) , 1858–99, Italian painter, b. in the Tyrol. A herder in his youth, he is known for his portrayal of Alpine peasant ...