Biography Category
(hwäk n´ äk ´stä) (KEY) , 1800–1852, Colombian historian and scientist. He served under Simón Bolívar in the revolution against Spanish rule ...
(b ´häm) (KEY) or Peham (p –) (KEY) , name of two German Renaissance artists, brothers, who were both influenced by Dürer and later by Italian a...
( d´ m) (KEY) , [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female,...
(kôrn ´l s d broin) (KEY) , 1652–c.1726, Dutch portrait painter and traveler. He painted for some years in Italy, where he was known, in Rome, as...
(ä´´b äl-f ´dä, -f dä´) (KEY) , 1273–1331, Arab historian, b. Damascus. He fought against the Christians in the last period of the Crusades...
1846–1928, American architect, b. Brattleboro, Vt. He entered the office of Russell Sturgis in New York City. In 1872 he began to practice architect...