Biography Category
(zhäN bät st´ dr ´) (KEY) , 1686–1755, French animal painter. A pupil of Largillière, he became court painter to Louis XV, recording the kingâ...
(p nt r k´ky ) (KEY) or Pintoricchio (p nt –) (KEY) [Ital.,=little painter], c.1454–1513, Umbrian painter whose real name was Bernardino di Bet...
(k n´z ) (KEY) , 1894–1956, American biologist, b. Hoboken, N.J., grad. Bowdoin College (B.S., 1916), Harvard (D.Sc., 1920). He was associated with...
(py r s môN´ märk ´ d läpläs´) (KEY) , 1749–1827, French astronomer and mathematician. At 18 he went to Paris, proved his gift for mathemati...
(säs-s t´tä) (KEY) , c.1400–1450, Italian painter of the Sienese school, whose original name was Stefano di Giovanni. A popular artist, he painte...
(s r ´n n) (KEY) or sea cow, name for a large aquatic mammal of the order Sirenia. Living sirenians are the dugong and the manatee, both found in w...