Biography Category
(käs-s ´n ) (KEY) , name of a family of Italian-French astronomers, four generations of whom were directors of the Paris Observatory. Gian Domenico ...
(är´t s kv l ´n s, kv l´ n) (KEY) , 1609–68, Flemish sculptor. His allegorical figures decorating the royal palace of Amsterdam are famous. Quel...
(sk ´rôs) (KEY) or Scyros (s ´r s) (KEY) , island (1991 pop. 2,901), c.80 sq mi (210 sq km), E Greece, in the Aegean Sea, largest of the N Sporade...
(däv th´ älfä´r s k ´r s) (KEY) , 1896–1974, Mexican painter, b. Chihuahua. Siqueiros was among Mexico’s most original and eminent painters...
(skâr´ br ) (KEY) , Stone Age village, on Mainland in the Orkney Islands, N Scotland. Dating from c.3200 to 2200 B.C., the village was preserved un...
1873–1944, American political leader, b. New York City. Reared in poor surroundings, he had no formal education beyond grade school and took various...