Biography Category
(lw zh v ´) (KEY) , 1887–1951, French actor, producer, and director. A member of Copeau’s Théâtre du Vieux Colombier after 1913, he left in 19...
(j l, joul) (KEY) , 1818–89, English physicist. His scientific researches began in his youth when he invented an electromagnetic engine. Joule made ...
(zh rwä´) (KEY) , river, c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) long, rising in the Cerros de Canchyuaya, E Peru. It flows in a winding course generally NE through A...
(zhäN zhül zhüs räN´) (KEY) , 1855–1932, French diplomat and author, b. Lyon. After service in London, Constantinople, and Copenhagen, he was a...
system of astronomical dating that allows the difference between two dates to be calculated more easily than conventional civil calendars with their u...
(y l´y r) (KEY) , pass, 7,504 ft (2,287 m) high, Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, connecting the Upper Engadine Valley to the Oberhalbstein Valley. Us...