Biography Category
( kr ´st k) (KEY) , arrangement of words or lines in which a series of initial, final, or other corresponding letters, when taken together, stand in ...
(m k´ nt sh´´) (KEY) , 1868–1928, Scottish architect, artist, and furniture designer. Probably the greatest architect and designer Scotland has p...
( kt n´ m) (KEY) [Gr.,=like a ray], radioactive chemical element; symbol Ac; at. no. 89; at. wt. 227.0278; m.p. about 1,050°C; b.p. 3,200°C±300Â...
(pôl älb r´ b när´) (KEY) , 1849–1934, French painter, studied with Legros and Cabanel and in Italy. He enjoyed many official honors and was th...
(äbr t´ts ) (KEY) , region (1991 pop. 1,249,054), 4,167 sq mi (10,793 sq km), central Italy, bordering on the Adriatic Sea in the east. L’Aquila i...
(gôt´fr t z m´p r) (KEY) , 1803–79, German architect. Semper was among the most influential architects of the 19th cent. In his book Der Stil in ...