Biography Category
(kä´´p l vä´st ) (KEY) , ancient town, S Nepal. According to legend, the Buddha, whose father ruled the state of Kapilavastu, was born nearby and...
(kän), 1867–1934, American banker and patron of the arts, born and educated in Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1893 and in 1897 joine...
(k n´z s) (KEY) , midwestern state occupying the center of the coterminous United States. It is bordered by Missouri (E), Oklahoma (S), Colorado (W),...
(kä´´g ´sh mä) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 536,752), capital of Kagoshima prefecture, extreme S Kyushu, Japan, on Satsuma Peninsula and Kagoshima Bay...
(k r´ jôrj´, kä´´räjôr´j ) (KEY) , 1768?–1817, Serbian patriot. Born George Petrovi , he was known as Karageorge, or Black George. He led t...
(käng y -w ) (KEY) , 1858–1927, Chinese philosopher and reform movement leader. He was a leading philosopher of the new text school of Confucianism...