Biography Category
(nôr´ ch) (KEY) , d. c.1443, English religious writer, an anchoress, or hermit, of Norwich called Mother (or Dame) Juliana or Julian. Her work, comp...
(äNdôsh´ zhün ´) (KEY) , 1771–1813, French general. Having served under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy and Egypt, he became ambassador to Portugal...
any tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus, aromatic evergreens of the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), widely distributed over the north temperate...
May beetle, a blackish or mahogany-colored beetle of the scarab beetle family, widely distributed in North America and especially abundant in the NE U...
(zhüsyö´) (KEY) , name of a French family of distinguished botanists. Antoine de Jussieu, 1686–1758, was director of the Jardin des Plantes, Pari...
1826–63, American railroad builder, b. Bridgeport, Conn. He built the Niagara Gorge RR and did canal work before going (1854) to lay out a railroad ...