Biography Category
(both: h r´ ks) (KEY) , 1618?–1641, English astronomer. He made the first observation of the transit of Venus. His Venus in sole visa, which narrat...
(sh l f´t lv´´ n) (KEY) , river, c.255 mi (410 km) long, rising in Norrbotten co., N Sweden, in the mountains along the Norwegian border. It flows...
in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in syste...
1953–, king of Cambodia (2004–). A son of King Norodom Sihanouk and his fifth wife, Norodom Sihamoni was trained as a dancer and taught dance (198...
1871–1951, American painter and etcher, b. Lock Haven, Pa. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked for 12 years as an ill...
(gw ´d r ´n ) (KEY) , 1575–1642, Italian painter and engraver, b. Bologna. As a child he entered the studio of the Flemish painter Denis Calvaert...