Biography Category
(d b ´) (KEY) , 1820–67, American editor and statistician, b. Charleston, S.C. He became (1844) editor of the Southern Quarterly Review. In 1846 h...
(Agnes George de Mille) (d m l) (KEY) , 1905–93, American choreographer and dancer, b. New York City; granddaughter of Henry George, daughter of pl...
1804–86, American industrialist, manufacturer of agricultural implements, b. Rutland, Vt. He was one of the pioneers of the steel plow industry. A b...
(dôl´t n) (KEY) , 1766–1844, English scientist. He revived the atomic theory (see atom), which he formulated in the first volume of his New System...
(h n´r kh än´t n d bär ´) (KEY) , 1831–88, German botanist. He was professor at the universities of Freiburg in Breisgau (1855–66) and Halle...
1838–1916, American printer; son of Benjamin Henry Day. While working in New York City, Day invented a process, utilizing celluloid sheets, for shad...