Biography Category
(zhäk säräz N´) (KEY) , 1588–1660, French sculptor and painter, a founder (1648) and rector (1654) of the Académie royale. He spent years (1610...
(h s ´p r b ´rä, h s ´, j z p´p ) (KEY) , c.1590–1652, Spanish baroque painter. He studied in Valencia and Rome but at an early age settled in...
agreement or covenant by which men are said to have abandoned the “state of nature” to form the society in which they now live. The theory of such...
(s t n´dr pr sän´ô s n´hä) (KEY) , 1864–1928, Indian statesman. A successful lawyer, he was the first Indian to hold several important admini...
poison gas used in riot control and chemical warfare. It is highly irritating to the nose and throat; inhalation of the substance causes sneezing and ...
(s g´fr d) (KEY) or Sigurd (s g´ rd) (KEY) , great folk hero of early and medieval Germanic mythology. His legend, important in several Germanic ep...