Biography Category
(yä´kh môf) (KEY) , Ger. Joachimsthal, town, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, in the Erzgebirge [ore mountains]. The productivity of its uranium mine...
(är´n yä´k ps n) (KEY) , 1902–71, Danish architect and designer. Attentive to detail, Jacobsen suited his buildings to the surrounding landscap...
(j ´´ z n ´ ) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Head of a number of idolatrous priests whom Ezekiel saw in a vision. 2 Captain active in the politics of Pale...
1862–1937, American Orientalist, b. New York City. Teaching at Columbia Univ. (1895–1935), he was a great authority on ancient Persian religion, l...
(j lä´´läbäd´, j l l´ b d) (KEY) , city (1979 pop. 53,915), capital of Nangarhar prov., E Afghanistan, near the Khyber Pass. The city dominates...
( wä´ts k ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 106,462), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Edo River. It is an industrial center where textiles...