Biography Category
(fr ´dr kh pr l´ r) (KEY) , 1804–78, German painter and etcher, professor at the Weimar Academy. He is best known for his Odyssey landscapes, a se...
(ändr ´äs shlü´t r) (KEY) , 1664–1714, German sculptor. After studying in France and Italy, he became architect and sculptor to the Hohenzoller...
(sm ´t n) (KEY) , 1724–92, English civil engineer. He became an instrument maker, improved navigation instruments, and carried out many experiments...
(zhäN bät st´ py r äNtwän´d môn ´, sh väly ´ d lämärk´) (KEY) , 1744–1829, French naturalist. He is noted for his study and classific...
(p ´n s) (KEY) , Gr. Paionios, fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek sculptor from Mende in Thrace. An inscription on the triangular base of the statue of Nike...
(äntä´näs sm ´t nä) (KEY) , 1874–1944, Lithuanian dictator. A lawyer, he became a leader of the Lithuanian autonomists under the czarist regim...