Biography Category
(j k ´b s dä vär j´ n ) (KEY) , c.1230–1298, Italian hagiographer, b. Varazze (then Voraggio), near Savona; also known as Jacobus de Voragine. H...
(ch d´ jä´gän) (KEY) , 1918–97, prime minister of British Guiana (1961–64) and president (1992–97) of independent Guyana. Of Asian Indian d...
1863–1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is â...
(jäb´äl ou´´l -ä´) (KEY) or Jebel Aulia (j b´ l´ ou´l ) (KEY) , village, N central Sudan. Nearby is a large dam (completed 1937) that is u...
(häns h n´ yän) (KEY) , 1894–1959, German novelist, dramatist, music publisher, and organ builder. Jahnn’s early dramas, including Pastor Ephr...
j ´p r) (KEY) , former native state, W India. It is now part of Rajasthan state. The region of Jaipur is semiarid and mostly level, with scattered ro...