Biography Category
(yûr´g n hä´bûrmäs) (KEY) , 1929–, German philosopher. He is a professor at the Univ. of Frankfurt (emeritus since 1994) and is the best-known...
(by r´ d n, Fr. zhäN bür däN´) (KEY) , d. c.1358, French scholastic philosopher. Rector of the Univ. of Paris, he was a follower of William of Oc...
1915–85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in...
1895–1973, American film director, b. Cape Elizabeth, Maine, as John Martin Feeney. Ford began directing in 1917 after an apprenticeship with his br...
1917–2003, American philosopher, b. Springfield, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1939; Ph.D., 1949). A student of W. V. Quine, Davidson emerged as one o...
(zhäN v g ´) (KEY) , 1905–34, French movie director, whose original name was Jean Almereyda. His reputation is based on two superb films: Zéro de...