Biography Category
1797–1879, American railroad speculator, b. Carmel, N.Y. He became a cattle dealer in early life and by 1834 was successful enough to engage in the ...
(d l´ nj r) (KEY) , 1902–34, American bank robber, probably b. Indianapolis. Paroled after serving a prison term for attempted robbery, Dillinger o...
(d g´d l) (KEY) , 1841–83, American social investigator, b. Paris. While inspecting (1874) county jails for the New York Prison Association, he dev...
( z´´ dôr´ d ng´k n) (KEY) , 1878–1927, American dancer, b. San Francisco. She had little success in the United States when she first created ...
1856–1929, American librarian and museum director, b. Woodstock, Vt. He was a lawyer and a civil engineer before joining the staff of the Denver (Co...
1778–1829, English chemist and physicist. The son of a woodcarver, he received his early education at Truro and was apprenticed (1795) to a surgeon-...