Biography Category
(s l ´n s) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, part bestial and part human creature of the forests and mountains. Part of Dionysus’ entourage, the sileni a...
1854–1926, American sociologist, b. Buckfield, Maine, grad. Colby College, 1876, and further educated in Germany. He was made president of Colby in ...
(sy ´rä mä´thr ) (KEY) , chief mountain system of Mexico, consisting of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Sierra Mad...
1811–84, American Methodist bishop, b. Cadiz, Ohio. In 1839 he became the first president of Indiana Asbury Univ. (now DePauw Univ.). He edited (184...
(h ´st sy ´rä) (KEY) , 1848–1912, Mexican educator and historian. He entered the literary life as a romantic poet but later devoted himself whol...
(p r ´n d l vä´gä) (KEY) or Pierino del Vaga (py r ´n ) (KEY) , 1500–1547, Italian mannerist painter, whose real name was Perino or Pierino B...