Biography Category
(w r), 1944–, Australian film director, b. Sydney. His early work helped to bring Australian film to world attention; his later films, made in Holly...
(t m–mä´z kämpän l´lä) (KEY) , 1568–1639, Italian Renaissance philosopher and writer. He entered the Dominican order at the age of 15, and ...
(äl-färä´b ) (KEY) , d. 950, Islamic philosopher. He studied in Baghdad and later flourished in Aleppo as a sufi mystic (see Sufism). He died in D...
1899–1962, Anglo-American actor, b. Scarborough, England. A large, versatile character actor, Laughton was successful both in films and on the stage...
(Ray Charles Robinson), 1930–2004, African-American musician and composer, b. Albany, Ga. Blinded at age seven, he was raised in Florida and at 16 b...
(r n ´ d kärt´) (KEY) , Lat. Renatus Cartesius, 1596–1650, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, b. La Haye. Descartes’ methodology...