Biography Category
Ulug-Beg (both: ´l g b g) (KEY) , 1394–1449, Timurid ruler and astronomer. The grandson of Timur (or Tamerlane), he succeeded to the Timurid domai...
(sk ´v ) (KEY) , city (1992 pop. 19,711), Viborg co., N Denmark, on the Limfjord at the mouth of the Skive River. It is a commercial center and a tou...
( rnst v r´n r f n z ´m ns) (KEY) , 1816–92, German electrical engineer and inventor. He was a founder and director of Siemens and Halske, a firm ...
1903–91, American photographer, b. New York City. A member of the Photo League in the 1930s, he began as a documentary photographer, creating such s...
(klous slü´t r) (KEY) , d. 1406, Flemish sculptor, probably of Dutch extraction, active in Burgundy. Under Philip the Bold of Burgundy he had charge...
in Roman religion, ancient pastoral deity, protector of uncultivated lands. It was also said that he was the guardian of field boundaries, flocks, and...