Biography Category
1811–82, American student of religion and social problems, b. Albany, N.Y.; father of the philosopher William James and of the novelist Henry James....
1633–1701, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1685–88); second son of Charles I, brother and successor of Charles II.
Early Life
As the yo...
(John Cantacuzene) (k n´´t ky z n´) (KEY) , c.1292–1383, Byzantine emperor (1347–54). He was chief minister under Andronicus III, after whose d...
1912–78, pope (1978), an Italian (b. Canale d’Agordo) named Albino Luciani; successor of Paul VI. Born into a poor, working-class family, he train...
1358–90, Spanish king of Castile and León (1379–90), son and successor of Henry II. He tried unsuccessfully to unite the Portuguese and Castilian...
(b pt st´ d lä säl´) (KEY) , 1651–1719, French educator, founder of the Christian Brothers, b. Reims. He became a priest and canon of the cathe...