Biography Category
( m´bl k s) (KEY) , d. c.330, Syrian philosopher, a leading exponent of Neoplatonism. A pupil of Porphyry, he was deeply impressed by the doctrines ...
1948–, British theatrical composer. A member of a successful musical family, he began composing musicals as a teenager; Joseph and the Amazing Techn...
1901–60, American film actor, b. Cadiz, Ohio. He began his career in films in 1930 and soon after became a star. He won an Academy Award in 1934 for...
(y n ´p s) (KEY) , b. c.347, Greek Neoplatonic philosopher, whose Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists is a most valuable primary source. His cont...
1928–, Italian film director, b. Archangela as Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg Spanol von Braucich. In the 1970s she became known for her surreal...
(hw shûr) (KEY) , c.380–c.300 B.C., Chinese logician, remembered for his paradoxes. Little is known about his life, except that he was a provincia...