Biography Category
( n k´´s m n´d r) (KEY) , c.611–c.547 B.C., Greek philosopher, b. Miletus; pupil of Thales. He made the first attempt to offer a detailed explana...
(m s´´ k l´ ) (KEY) , 1939–, South African singer, composer, band leader, and trumpet player. After working with several South African jazz bands...
(f r´ r) (KEY) , 1808–64, Scottish philosopher. He was a professor at Edinburgh (1842–45) and at St. Andrews from 1845 until his death. His majo...
( nt s´th n z) (KEY) , b. 444? B.C., d. after 371 B.C., Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynics. Most of his paradoxical views stemmed from his earl...
1748–1832, English philosopher, jurist, political theorist, and founder of utilitarianism. Educated at Oxford, he was trained as a lawyer and was ad...
(Daniel Louis Armstrong), 1901–1971, American jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader, b. New Orleans. He learned to play the cornet in the ba...