Biography Category
in the Bible, the southern of the two kingdoms remaining after the division of the kingdom of the Jews that occurred under Rehoboam. The northern king...
( d n ´r m) (KEY) , 1788–1850, American Baptist missionary, b. Malden, Mass. At Andover Theological Seminary, he became the leader of a missionary ...
(h hw ´) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 182,663), capital of Jujuy prov., NW Argentina, on the Bermejo River. In the scenic foothill region of the E Andes, ...
(j ´z d k) (KEY) , in the Bible, one in the high priests’ line who probably never held office, because he was carried away to Babylon. Alternate sp...
1826–63, American railroad builder, b. Bridgeport, Conn. He built the Niagara Gorge RR and did canal work before going (1854) to lay out a railroad ...
(zhüsyö´) (KEY) , name of a French family of distinguished botanists. Antoine de Jussieu, 1686–1758, was director of the Jardin des Plantes, Pari...