Biography Category
(fränts s ´g l) (KEY) , 1824–1902, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Sinsheim, Baden, Germany. An officer in the army of Baden, he was a...
1799–1831, American explorer, one of the greatest of the mountain men, b. near Binghamton, N.Y. Early in 1824, Smith took a party through South Pass...
(py r shärl l môny ´) (KEY) , 1715–99, French astronomer. For many years he was professor of physics at the Collège de France. He studied the mo...
(v shwän´ät prä´täp s ng) (KEY) , 1931–, Indian politician and prime minister (1989–90). As finance minister under Rajiv Gandhi (1984–87) ...
transmission of information by visible, audible, or other detectable means. Since prehistoric times humans have sought and employed ever more effectiv...
(zä´m l h n´r kh shväb´ ) (KEY) , 1789–1875, German apothecary and amateur astronomer. In the hope of discovering a new planet between Mercury...