Biography Category
a small, rare fish, Percina tanasi, discovered by a zoologist who was snorkeling in the Little Tennessee River upstream from the projected Tellico Dam...
in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down stee...
(syôN) (KEY) , Ger. Sitten, town (1993 pop. 25,300), capital of Valais canton, SW Switzerland, on the Rhône River. An ancient town, Sion is now a wi...
( güst´ r d N´) (KEY) , 1840–1917, French sculptor, b. Paris. He began his art study at 14 in the Petite École and in the school of Antoine Bary...
(s m´ s) (KEY) , small river, NW Turkey, a tributary of the Scamander. It was the scene of many legendary events of Asia Minor, particularly during ...
1856–1942, Scottish biblical scholar and Hebraist, b. Calcutta, India. He was professor of Old Testament language, literature, and theology in the U...