Biography Category
(sätyä´j t r , r ) (KEY) , 1921–92, Indian film director, b. Calcutta. His subtle, austere, and delicately lyrical films made him one of the outs...
1788–1856, Scottish philosopher. He was widely interested in law, physiology, and literature and was professor of history and philosophy at the Univ...
(sö´r n ky r´k gôr) (KEY) , 1813–55, Danish philosopher and religious thinker. Kierkegaard’s outwardly uneventful life in Copenhagen contraste...
( p kt ´t s) (KEY) , c.A.D. 50–c.A.D. 138, Phrygian Stoic philosopher. He wrote nothing, but his teachings were set down by his disciple Arrian in ...
(k ´br k, ky ´–) (KEY) , 1928–99, American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically daring, bo...
1926–, American comedian, b. Newark, N.J. as Joseph Levitch. Known for his slapstick portrayals replete with facial mugging and sight gags, Lewis te...