Biography Category
(y ´äkh m y ng´ s) (KEY) , 1587–1657, German mathematician, logician, and systematizer of natural history. In 1608 he made his inaugural dissert...
book of the Bible, seventh book of the Old Testament in the order of the Authorized Version. It is the sequel of Joshua in the biblical history, telli...
(l ôN´ zh - ´) (KEY) , 1879–1954, French Socialist labor leader. He headed the Confédération Générale du Travail from 1909 to 1947, when he r...
(kä´my nsk- räl´sk ) (KEY) , city (1989 pop. 208,000), W Siberian Russia, at the junction of the Kamenka and Iset rivers. A city specializing in m...
bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. By 1854 the organization of the v...
(kän n´j ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 45,500), Kagawa prefecture, E Shikoku, Japan, on the Hiuchi Sea. It is a religious center and agricultural market...