Biography Category
(n kôlä´ lw d läkä´y ) (KEY) , 1713–62, French astronomer. As a result of his success in making meridional measurements in France under the ...
(l k´y r) (KEY) , 1836–1920, English astronomer, educated on the Continent. One of the first to make a spectroscopic examination of the sun and sta...
(zhäN´-mär ´ l N) (KEY) , 1939–, French chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1963. A professor at Louis Pasteur Univ. (1970–78) and the Collèg...
1902–74, American aviator who made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight, b. Detroit; son of Charles A. Lindbergh (1859–1924). He left the ...
1834–1906, American scientist, b. Roxbury, Mass., received only a high school education but continued his studies in science in Boston libraries. He...
(th d´ s s ´´b - s´k k ´l nkôrt´´ l ) (KEY) , 1832–1913, American aeronaut and inventor, b. Coos co., N.H. He flew (1861) a distance of 90...