Biography Category
(käs ´) (KEY) , former province, c.124,000 sq mi (321,160 sq km), S central Congo (Kinshasa). Luluabourg (present Kananga) was the capital. Between ...
(k s´´ v ´b , kä´s –) (KEY) , 1917?–1969, African political leader, president of the Republic of the Congo (1960–65, now the Democratic Rep...
(ä´l sh hûrd´l chkä) (KEY) , 1869–1943, American anthropologist, b. Humpolec (now in Czech Republic). He received his medical education in the ...
(r dôl´f ämäd ´ länchä´n ) (KEY) , 1847?–1929, Italian archaeologist. He was an authority on the ancient topography of Ostia and Rome and ...
(bûr´n m) (KEY) , 1846–1912, American architect and city planner b. Henderson, N.Y. He was trained in architects’ offices in Chicago. In that ci...
(zhäk b sh ´ d kr vkör´ d p rt) (KEY) , 1788–1868, French writer and archaeologist. He was the first to provide evidence that humans had exist...