Biography Category
(k n´ ch f k ´ , f k´ - ) (KEY) , 1918–98, Japanese chemist, b. Nara, Japan, Ph.D. Kyoto Univ., 1948. As a professor at Kyoto Univ., Fukui devel...
1685–1758, American colonial printer, b. Shropshire, England. He arrived in Boston c.1712, a refugee because of his opposition to the High Church, a...
(py r s môN´ f rny ´) (KEY) , 1712–68, Parisian type founder. Fournier devised the first point system for measuring and naming sizes of type in 1...
( ´m l f sh´ r) (KEY) , 1852–1919, German organic chemist. He is especially noted for his researches on the structure and synthesis of sugars and ...
1780–1845, English prison reformer and philanthropist. Deeply religious, she was recognized as a minister by the Society of Friends (Quakers). From ...
(f l´j r), 1857–1930, American industrialist and collector of Shakespeareana. His connection with Standard Oil companies, beginning in 1879, contin...