Biography Category
( g´g n) (KEY) , 1906–91, American anthropologist, b. Seattle, grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1927; A.M., 1928; Ph.D., 1933). A member of the facul...
(mär´k lf´´) (KEY) , fl. 7th cent., Frankish monk. He compiled the Marculfi monachi formulae [formularies of Marculf], usually dated c.650. Formul...
(k shkä´-d ryä´) (KEY) , river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, Uzbekistan. It is the basis of a wide network of irrigation canals near the towns of Kitab...
1870–1947, American anthropologist, b. Wayne, Ind., grad. Indiana Univ., 1897, Ph.D. Columbia, 1901. At first a teacher of psychology, he became int...
(mûr´sh ´´l -äd´ ) (KEY) , 1907–86, American philosopher and historian of comparative religion, b. Bucharest. He studied Indian philosophy a...
1860–1929, American architect, b. New York City, grad. École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He worked in the office of McKim, Mead, and White, New York Cit...